On snow covered path,
a lonely soul seeks shelter,
finding only strangers.
*
Spring’s awakening,
bringing winter’s final days.
Life begins anew.
*
Foreboding forest,
days cold and dark as midnight.
What secrets within?
*
Where goes your white coat?
“I wear brown now” says rabbit
“It comes again next fall.”
*
Pine forest so dark.
Calls echo in the shadows,
draped in mystery.
*
Waterlilies float,
across mirrored waves of glass
like clouds in heaven.
*
The town’s eery glow,
in the foggy dead of night,
one lonely lantern.
*
Adventurous fawn,
mother’s anxious eyes do search.
their destinies tied.
*
Iphigenia,
cursed blade, a father’s regret.
Calm seas, hubris wrought.
*
The forest erupts
with whispered sounds of midnight,
in filtered starlight.
*
A rabbit’s eyes blink,
In silent acknowledgment,
seeing you are near.
*
Millipede retreats
to seeks a forest refuge,
avoiding the fight.
*
Cold wet winter day.
A recent rain drenched pathway,
leads me back to home.
*
Beyond ancient stars,
mute witness to man’s folly,
history’s flicker.
*
Richard E Schell works in the biomedical field in California. He enjoys writing and has been published over fifty times in both the biomedical field as well as in fictional genres and poetry. He enjoys photography, literature, and travel. He also volunteers in animal rescue.
Click here for his short story in Modern Literature.
