Encounter
By Laci dockery
We both sat
Breathtakingly
Staring,
I in the forest
The wolf
Near
The old peach tree,
He
Ears rising
Staining
To hear
I holding breath
To say
I’m in fear
In the staring
Between us
I said
Go!
Did it pounce
Like a tiger?
It rose Elagantly
And fled. |