Glancing Past

The deceptive photo reminders

Show little of the fading round the edge emotions

That was an uncharted feral time

Cat calls in the night,

Days of insignificant small braveries 

A vanished time, 

A malnourished mind

Vanquished, lost between the sand 

And the sickly sea time.

Whispering Mountain

The skirmishes  of summer have passed

Now there is midwinter silence

Pale clear skies, 

And wood fires marking the passing hours

Watered down images 

Set with the sun, 

Lonely cattle lullabies 

Calming calf nightmares 

Jackals lament in the valley

And then a slight sound

A whisper low in consciousness

A nudge towards towards the cherished rock cliffs

A voice from the darkening mountain shadow 

Relentless, lurking, asking me to stay.