Friday, September 13, 2019

Glowing in the Dying Sunlight


There were phantom birds
haunting the dark forest last night
very nearly there
just at the edge of my vision 
but then not

I could hear them rustle
in the shaded leaves
and catch glimpses of 
rusted iron feathers but then 
they were gone

Meanwhile 

just above my head 
glowing in the dying sunlight
a web was being woven
by a spectral spider

The woods were alive with ghosts

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