Highways~

I beached my soul

on a dark highway

caught in the blacklights of a doe's eyes

pupils to back roads

hooves skittering across stones

animal lines blurred

between the break pedal

and the windshield

spider webbing in crystal

my necklace made of blood beads

and blue veins

on a dark highway

where I beached my soul

for a doe

who was living life

while I had wasted most of mine

worrying about

stupid things

 

 

Hoof prints in blood

a black bear with nose to air

nostrils flaring

they don't go by tragedies

they go by scent;

too bad we human things forgot all about the simplicity

of just living

 

 

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Reviews

[Celeste21]

Because of habitat degradation many animals who were living have had to suffer from decreased biodiversity. This poem works on two levels for me. In one, it discusses how we as humans have urbanized so many things that many animals are losing their natural habitat. On another level, it focuses on the trivial humans get caught up in. All this is juxtaposed by disquieting images that resound in your mind. You make everything clear with expert precision.

[LilyT]

I LOVE your primal soul.

[Ed Hart]

that's the all and all of it...you with your magic pen

[Liza]

an enlightened view of the darkness that creeps in - imagery and tension was subtle, concentrated and insightful

thank you for sharing with us

[Chris Smith Welshpoetcs]

I love the words in this poem, another great write my friend.