The Alps At Night

the ribs of falling night
cold flints of a dark path
            a dark curtain
            creating two rooms

nameless stumps of teeth
melted to the white rock jaw
            heavy as the light is frail

the way a black swan`s neck
            tubular and serrated;
            the pines guard the frost

the tree line has swallowed the sun
            a dead story under the forest floor
            pushes me along

all light has fled the sky,
apart from the points of dropping stars,
and the distant road into the far.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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Marcum Wong Avatar
August 16, 2014 at 8:33 PM
A very beautiful insightful piece bursting with vivid imagery.
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