Transient Silk

By lupus tenebrae

Silken scales, razed by
rough hands, compound
vision frozen in fractured fear;

timid and trembling,
sickly frame punished
by a wrathful gale.

A show of bitten
eyespots, glinting madness
into passersby,

takes its bow, resigning
to the transience of shade.

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Published on Thursday, June 16, 2016. Filed under: "Poetry"

Author's Note:

The introductory piece to a potential epic/memoir I'd like to work on.

Comments on "Transient Silk"

On Tuesday, October 24, 2017, Just Dave (448) wrote:

Dark, yet somehow peaceful. Nice write. JD
A former member wrote: This language very gracefully suits its eerie depictions. Pretty imagery accentuated by romantic qualities. Marvelous.