Where Shadows No Longer Reside

fog settles in like an old friend
like a shoe well worn..comfortable
like a thick moist, milky grey blanket
covering everything in chilly dampness

the tug boats push slowly forward
trying to slice open a path
using their lights as knives
moving painstakingly
the mist begrudging them passage

the tugs speak to each other
in the octaves that suit their size
letting go their horns loudly
a higher pitched trumpet
a lower pitched bassoon

the night presents itself
like the backdrop on a grand stage
inky black velvet deep and dark
where shadows no longer reside

as the dense thickness of fog
gives way to no purchase
to any living being pulled in
by its’ unseeing arms and hands
or any inanimate object
as here only sound transcends

© January 2015
Renee Espriu

Image Taken From Morgue File

dense fog

*****MY MUSE RISES UP*****

my muse rises up
from the remnants of time
remaining in the year

minutes filtering down
like particles of sand
through the bottleneck
of the hourglass

more precious than salt
which, when stirred in water
cannot be seen
the taste of which remains

my muse rises up
from the remnants of time
remaining in the year

© January 2015
Renee Espriu

Image Taken From Morgue File & Digitally Altered by Myself

Time Muse

Wishing everyone who comes this way and visits a prosperous New Year in 2015 and good health on the pathways they walk in life.