Veil

Eyes unblinking.

Staring at a world filmed in gossamer.

Soundless, countless feet.

Hours and days.

Constant spinning.

Spinning tales of home.

Tales of progress.

Of beautiful impermanence.

Figures pass before my eyes.

Frozen eyes.

Constant seeing.

Tiny bodies skitter past.

Borne on their many legs.

Hate long since burned away.

Fear and phobia vanished too.

Rising sun,

Waxing moon.

Dying day,

Glittering stars.

Seen through eyes of stone,

Body lost to time,

Spiders are my only friends.

My funeral veil they lovingly craft.

Who I was - unknown to them.

Lives so short.

Young so numerous.

Phantom itching across my hand carved scalp.

Tiny legs and tickling webs I cannot feel.

Unblinking eyes watch the world pass away.

Remembering a life gone awry.

Haunted.

Hunted.

Rejected.

Abandoned.

Soundless, countless feet.

The veil creeps closed.

A common thing.

A regular loss of sight and light.

Then swept away is their home.

Yet return they must.

To the spot made theirs by my immobility.

A broken kind of immortality.

With only spiders to call my friends.

Unblinking eyes stare out,

At a world filmed in gossamer.

I cannot scream.

Have long since cease to try.

Cannot cry.

Have long since forgotten the sound.

A silent world.

Encased in stone.

With only the spiders to call my own.

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Thank you all for reading. And thanks especially to the estimable Mackenzie, for tagging me in. The rules to this game can be found here 'TAG! Photo Game'

Getting to craft this little tale was a ton of fun! I know it's been a while since I released anything new, but I do so hope you enjoyed this poem :)

My cover image is 'The Spiderweb Veil' - taken by Roderick Makim

In accordance with the rules set out by our game master I TAG! Silver Serpent Books with my photo Snowglobe. Also L.C. Schäfer for Donna Fox's photo Holiday View!