Running Hare

He keeps airborne, skimming over the grass
defying a specific gravity
of joy or fear.

He throws weight off his back like water.
The sky rolls over coiling flesh
as he hurls a tunnel of space ahead.

Where he has yet to bounce, the grass parts,
the land accommodates his passage -
gives way.

A walleyed rapture, a blind bounding
from the tip of mad whiskers.

A last ripple
while blades of grass reclaim the moment.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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De Beaulieu Avatar
October 30, 2019 at 6:09 PM
Hello Eric Ashford, oh yes, the rabbit can really hop quickly. I really like the rabbits they are cute.I enjoyed your poem. have a nice evening my friend.
Ashford Avatar
October 30, 2019 at 6:12 PM
Thank you for the kind comment Darlene.
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