Xvi: Siren At Midnight

Innocent weavers
Sat still mourning –
The siren heralded
At midnight
The emergency swords in the rafter
Like a lone early morning cock.

The forest was a terror spot 
Helter-skelter in blood-discolouration
Marking a nest of the free?
Terror & anger clashed
Again & again
In man rearing the seeds of the night:
Shrewd pebbles of inviolable intents
And mutilated feathers in a battered nest!
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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Kendrick Avatar
October 15, 2009 at 2:24 PM
Interesting thoughts put to pen. Keep writing. Sara
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