Maze
Clouds embrace, a pendant against its timeless
Climax, on a warm humid summer evening.
Shadows in the ardent garden, twinkling lights
Through sinuous motion paths, a maze we know
And taken for granted without trees near.
Through we run; fireflies softly shimmer in flight.
Brother and I, and one jar among us.
We watch as they flitter, flutter, and flicker,
Turning, twisting to stop without knowing.
Ever so slowly and quietly, gently with cupped
Hands, catch the moving twinkling light.
Here, I open wide my hands, into the jar it flew.
Peering long we stood staring in silence
On unbroken, trapped living light flickering
Gleam in the dark; then stillness gave way
Not a minute wasted.
We were lost between the evergreen shrub
Puzzle walls. The lovely maze, dark and deep
Seems like miles. Suddenly there came a wall
At a distance the exit path out of the maze.
6/24/2020
Maze - 10 Word Challenge Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: A Dear Heart
1. garden 2. maze 3. paths 4. sinuous 5. turning
6. trapped 7. puzzle 8. twisting 9. lost 10. wall
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