Words of Art – Day 14 – Dust in the Dark (L.M.)

Dust in the Dark

Lonely Marionette hangs
Suspended above the earth
In a dark dry attic.
Under a deep layer of dust
Lay trunks,
Filled with forgotten memories.
A wooden rocker stands silent,
It’s cane broken by time.
In the corner,
Behind an empty loom
Lay his dreams,
Collecting dust in the dark.

Roy W. Backes
© 1996