Time numbs all

Trills, shrill.
Burbling, twirling
Like twists of paper
Dropped.

Warmth lights
A burning fuse
of a slow explosion

Pepper tang
of leaves
Reaching
to the sunlight

Barefoot Contessa

Like ice
shimmers.
Like ice
burns.
Restless dervish.
Wildfire.
Lost
in pages.
A countess.
Barefoot,
faux fur,
splendour.
Black feather
shine.
Steel bright
sharp.
A web
in moonlight.

A75

Before the blackout

Take flight

Leave spindle branches

Silhouetted in grey cold

To the air beyond.

From above, see

patchwork division

Land cut up

Sliced into pieces

Tamed and penned

Glide on the currents

Over hillsides

Crag and boulder

Defying mastery

A cold defiance

You seek death

Discovering the prize

Winter’s meal

Jet black ink drop

Falling to earth.