Broken Box of Spiders

Spiders or the past

Why should I care about the past ?

a broken box of spiders.

Why should I admire such a lot of paint ?

rain is just a lot of water, the sun a light

that is thin in winter, and the rest expected -

comfortable and lazy to the eye.

Let me climb out of a ditch next to a road,

sniff the night air, a damaged seed.

Reviews

[cynthiabuhainbaello]

Very descriptive images that convey a lot of emotions, arousing the reader's imagination and feelings of sadness over the past and the emptiness of the present. The words "damaged seed" also has a deep meaning.

[Hidden Happiness]

rypur poems are very artistic and i love the 'broken box of spider 'part..its a wonderful and artful way of describing the past and i think it makes the poem more beautiful:-)

[Yheela]

We easily get caught in the web of the past, it's not always easy to break free or to dare to say that it doesn't matter.
I like the images that come to me when reading this, it speaks to me.

[G!o]

Wonders in few numbers. This poem is just full of beauty of artistry. Short and provocative...i totally love this....

[sienikeha]

image rich. nicely done.

[Rosalind Gale]

Eight lines that are worth a thousand. To partly quote you - poetry may just be a lot of words, however, with your skill as a writer you give those 'words' a meaning, an expression, and an important place in this world. Thank you Leslie.
Rosa
-xx-

[Audrey Howitt]

For me, this piece feels gritty and intense and it leaves much unanswered. Worth reading again and again for the mood it evokes---

[Cascara (aka Sprint Goe..]

nice title

[Allen Smuckler]

Hopefully there's more to the past than your eye popping metaphors...but if not, still a hell of a write. And though we cannot get through this life anything but "damaged", we must continue to climb out out of that "ditch" " to smell the night air"...otherwise we have nothing, are nothing.... and we die
thought provoking and honest write, Leslie
allen