Best Poems Written by Bramwell Griffiths

Outweighing the Chill

Hushed in a fugue 
of Alpaca wool and rising resin 
he sits on a stump 
the relic legs of a mighty giant 
hewn beneath the axeman's blade 
its ageless corpse decays 
sending up those honey notes 
a whispering viola song 
he stretches a bare arm from 
the wool mist 
reaches out, caresses a violet 
newly woken from the mud 
offers with a tender touch 
some juxtaposed thanks 
then plucks 
lifts it up between two pages 
shuts the book 
violet pressed by poetry 
he breathes a sigh 
contended cloud billows 
long and white 
mingling with the soily musk 

There's rose on his cheeks 
love in his chest; 
the warmth outweighs the chill

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