The Light

Sunlight dances down

Streaming through the evergreens

Lighting the pathway

February 13, 2020 0

Fateful Journey

The bridge

Battered by the elements

An unsteady journey across the chasm

Destination unknown

The boards splinter underfoot

The sound echoing across the picturesque landscape

Desperately grasping for the fraying rope

Teetering on the edge

The snap of the twine inaudible

And for a moment I am suspended

Weightless, my descent inevitable

I relish the feeling

Free of all fear, knowing what is to come

… The end

©Kristen Ricketts 2019

June 25, 2019 0

Fury

Fury rages on

Gods battling against Earth

Lasting damnation

April 2, 2019 0

Oblivion Ascends

It stands
A beacon to the heavens
Once graced with an unmatched grandeur
Broken down by the wrath of mortals
Spanning centuries
As the stones begin to tumble
Death and destruction wage on
Illness spreading from coast to coast
Earth on the verge of annihilation
At the hands of humanity
And all we do is watch
As the tower crumbles

©Kristen Ricketts 2019
Photo from Pixabay

February 5, 2019 0

Sands Of Time

The raven watches from his perch high in the tree
His expression unchanging
Knowledge way beyond his years
As if he knows all that has happened,
And what is yet to come
Like an hourglass of time,
Each grain of sand slowly falling away
Until all that remains is dust

December 6, 2018 2

Crystal Tears

Crystal tears fall gently from the sky
The sun’s rays glint off of the brilliant jewels
The prisms casting never ending rainbows upon the Earth’s surface
Through the sadness, this reminder that you are watching brings us peace
For you are never truly gone
The journey continues until the day that we will be together again

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Happy Birthday Mima, we miss you♥

July 17, 2018 4

Metamorphosis

As seasons change, so do people
A product of peers and society
Entangled in a web designed to stifle advancement
Until you are nothing but a shell of who you once were
Unable to find yourself in the darkness
The ties that bind you, tear into your flesh
Creating wounds that will last years
But yet you persist
And fight against the restraints
Like a butterfly emerging from the chrysalis
You will soar

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© Kristen Ricketts 2018
Photo from Pixabay

July 10, 2018 2

Light Fades

White effervescence
Understated translucence
Masquerading light

June 4, 2018 0

Invisible Presence

It’s been days since I’ve felt welcome in my own home. Why did you have to do a séance? I thought, staring at my reflection in the mirror. Since that night, a presence has plagued my every waking minute; even my dreams have all turned to nightmares.

From the dark circles under my eyes, there is no doubt that the lack of sleep is hindering my daily routines. I feel like I’m slowly losing my mind. I’m not alone.

The thread that binds me to reality is fraying, reality is no longer in my grasp. The house feels alive. Footsteps echo through the hallway when no one else is home, and I swear that figures are moving through the rooms.

This place is no longer safe. My sanctuary is in complete disarray. I need to get out while I still can…while I still can…

Invisible

March 21, 2018 4