Mill Wheel
The Mill wheel wouldn't turn until the Spring;
the blast of Winter's cold cased it in ice.
Its mighty power adjourned by season's chill
and useless now, it rests until the thaw.
A blizzard piled the snow in massive drifts
that made for good, steep sledding near the Mill.
But children spotted something very weird...
some stains of red beneath the melted snow.
Whispers ran through the town from door to door
that blood was seen on snow beside the Mill,
and some reported howls of wolves at night
that echoed from the river where it stood.
Mid-March, as early Spring softened the ice,
the men arrived to start the Mill's old wheel.
The sluice was jammed with a small fishing boat!
Ice melts...revealing secrets the wheel creaks.
Sandra M. Haight
~6th Place~
Contest: One, Nine, Sixteen v3.0
Sponsor: Viv Wigley
Judged: 07/24/2018
Required Lines To Use:
Line 1- 'The Mill wheel wouldn't turn until the Spring'
Line 9- 'Whispers ran through the town from door to door'
Line 16- 'Ice melts, revealing secrets the wheel creaks'
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