The Wind Will Carry

‘An urban legend says:
These old woods were preyed on.’

Let me tell you a story of where I grew up. 
A tale of the grounds behind my childhood home.
There are screams, there is blood splatter, 
there is time lost, and time found. A cabin’s 
framework remains to remind us of what could 
happen again. Lest we forget the murders that 
tainted a town in it’s heyday. The worst crime ever 
committed here or so they say, with no motive. 
As the years passed the truth was lost to the game
 of telephone. All we have is here-say. 
But the wind will always simply carry…

‘Continue to walk.’
the trees whisper in your ear;
Let the sunset rest.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2024

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Rolland Avatar
October 26, 2024 at 9:10 AM
great poem, urban legends can awake us
Udaeta Avatar
October 26, 2024 at 10:18 AM
Yes they sure can. Thank you!
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