Drawn to a twinkle in
The center of a fairy circle
Velvety red caps splattered white
A fungal moat
Easily penetrated
The mycelial shield
Extending laterally for miles
Gaps and spaces
Invite my intrusion
𓂃 ࣪˖ ִֶָ𓋼🐇𓋼་༘࿐
Once completed
The arcane circuit
Powers transportive ritual
Screaming in harmony
Vibrations transmit me
Soul and body
𓂃 ࣪˖ ִֶָ𓋼🐇𓋼་༘࿐
Left dancing in the
Pallid moonlight
A white rabbit burrows
Scratching the damp earth
Searching karst land hollows
For a tunnel straight to a
Taloned cavern
I give slow-motion chase
He’s discovered
Meandering through
Gypsum beds of
Carved ruby roses
Displayed on
Stalagmite stems
𓂃 ࣪˖ ִֶָ𓋼🐇𓋼་༘࿐
Rusty condensation
Dripping from ancient formations
Painting the rabbit red
Leaving leporine outlines
On the limestone tread
𓂃 ࣪˖ ִֶָ𓋼🐇𓋼་༘࿐
Glancing behind
No passageway appears in sight
My name echoes
Syllables bounce and clash
Frightening the bunny
Claws scrabbling down
An invisible path
My only escape
Reversing my steps
I try breathing in reverse
My heart un-beats
But my head still stabs
𓂃 ࣪˖ ִֶָ𓋼🐇𓋼་༘࿐
Spinning out
The sun
Streaming in
Between the branches
I fall, crushing several mushrooms
The twitching of a rabbit’s nose
Silently observes nearby
Before diving beneath a stump
K.B. Silver
About the Creator
K.B. Silver
K.B. Silver has poems published in magazine Wishbone Words, and lit journals: Sheepshead Review, New Note Poetry, Twisted Vine, Avant Appa[achia, Plants and Poetry, recordings in Stanza Cannon, and pieces in Wingless Dreamer anthologies.
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