The room had not known voices
since the horseman first appeared,
and the olive trees
were scattered by the storm.
Shuttered windows,
paint flakes thumbling,
siege door –
locked without a key.
Inside the dust of crumbling books,
with dogeared pages;
leave the only trace of me.
© (Löst Viking) ( December 2015) John Anthony Fingletonhttps://www.facebook.com/pages/Löst-Viking/746104845419195
In a manner reminiscent of Walter de la Mare, Fingleton is a master in the art of creating an appropriate ambience for his semi-mythical characters to emerge through the pages of history. Excellent !
Wow Vijay !!!…..I need a large whiskey after that….thank you Sir.