Nefelibata

 Heavy feet dragging

across dirty wooden floors

as clutter minds

run over the brim

coffee overflows

from chipped rims

of half washed mugs

being pulled from the sink

that's been dripping for weeks

a knock echoes

through the space

ignored as the rain continues to fall

watching cars go by

in the autumn afternoon

hands brushing keys

as it attempts to flow out

yet nothing comes

but memories tainted

with grief 

oozing from the screen

with pain 

simmering from beneath

plucking a heart's strings

only to create broken songs

one that carries the same tune 

day after day

never ceasing in it's playing

as the record skips

and runs again

deer run through the empty field 

dew burdened grass

bending beneath the delicate hooves

careful as can be 

as to not disturb the peace

why so careful

when the prey has no hunter

except for the ones they choose to create

from fear

though nothing proves

it was ever there

such a delicate thing

these deer

skittish

through they graze and roam

the same plain they've always known 

I snap back

still shaking

wondering 

who else may have heard the shot ring out