Cloaks of Crows

 

There’s intrigue in the dark

while ravens beam along a smooth road,

over bitter ground,

with a fleet of storms gathering

from right behind the rift.

 

Cloaks of crows,

worn by desperados,

telling lies of cunning.

 

The door of night opening,

closing the gate on day,

creating a deep design

of gloom at our feet.

 

Their caws make no mention of champions who spread love,

or win modest victories for good,

make no mention of

who collates albums of happy pictures.

Instead, all successes lie dormant under a bleak sky.

 

Crows ignore what brightness swings from cords in dark regions,

ignore those bells tolled by those 

who wish to live in harmony rather than combat,

until they realize it’s no fun being an outlaw.

 Linda Imbler

Linda Imbler’s poetry collections include eleven published paperbacks: Big Questions, Little Sleep First and Second editions; Lost and Found; Red Is The Sunrise; Bus Lights; Travel Sights; Spica’s Frequency; Doubt and Truth; A Mad Dance; Twelvemonth; Viewpoints While In Rome; and a paperback version of That Fifth Element..  Soma Publishing has published her four e-book collections, The Sea’s Secret Song; Pairings, a hybrid of short fiction and poetry; That Fifth Element; and Per Quindecim. Examples of Linda’s poetry and a listing of publications can be found at lindaspoetryblog.blogspot.com