Tag: boulders

a thousand fields stones to build this house

boulders seal the doors and the walls are built high

yet light filters through the unavoidable cracks

even cement stucco crumbles with time.

you, you have grown careless,

so not every crack is mended

foolishly thinking that perhaps

the moon light could be good

so you chisel at the splinters of light

slipping moon beams into your house

then the roof comes down

the boulders crush you

bloody and broken you remember

oh yes, too late, you remember,

you remember why you built the walls so high.

by Jeanne Marie