It's Still Life

Day 1.

The Blow Fly

Such sadness
in this invisible wind,
trifling in this spider’s grate.

Did you know your tears
taste like wine.
Do you feel venom’s fiery pyre.

Shake like whiskers,
tremble in its nest.
Your wings, a curse,
in a spider’s universe.

Book cover image Lord Dunsany. The Book of Wonder. London: William Heinemann, 1912 — Source. 

Day 2.

What is fog.
A feeling of waiting. A rooting. A rioting.

What is a river.
The deepest word your heart can navigate, like last night’s sleep.

What is a miracle.
To be flesh and blood, and not turn to stone.

What is salt.
To taste frozen galaxies.

What is thunder.
The last train of the night. Three years of war.

What is a ghost.
Rain on a cold window.

What is longing.
The name of an old wish.

Written for prompts from NaPoWriMo April 2023