04-30-2020, 06:32 AM
The bigger picture
A biting breeze spread blossom confetti
as I skimmed the surface of the lake
with pebbles, from the edge of a jetty,
each dip flicked colour from a deep opaque.
As silent as smoke trails that drift and fade,
a Grey Heron steps into the shallows,
we watch each other, still and unafraid,
he stoops to take a sip and I swallow.
Air brakes hiss snapping calm into chaos,
camera ants march down the steep grass bank
then spread out around the shoreline's pathos,
I worry as they stomp on weathered planks.
Two sharp blasts and the steamer arrives,
its paddles churn and the clicking subsides.
@ Todd, Wow
"as tiny murder rolls upon my tongue
a taste of night to sleep without rescue
a harmony now broken and unsung."
A biting breeze spread blossom confetti
as I skimmed the surface of the lake
with pebbles, from the edge of a jetty,
each dip flicked colour from a deep opaque.
As silent as smoke trails that drift and fade,
a Grey Heron steps into the shallows,
we watch each other, still and unafraid,
he stoops to take a sip and I swallow.
Air brakes hiss snapping calm into chaos,
camera ants march down the steep grass bank
then spread out around the shoreline's pathos,
I worry as they stomp on weathered planks.
Two sharp blasts and the steamer arrives,
its paddles churn and the clicking subsides.
@ Todd, Wow
"as tiny murder rolls upon my tongue
a taste of night to sleep without rescue
a harmony now broken and unsung."
If your undies fer you've been smoking through em, don't peg em out