She did not understand where the castle had gone.
Tumbled walls
Like broken bones.
But the well was still there,
And the sword
Wrapped in stone,
Had waited stored
Well ensconced.
She took the hilt
Spelled the spell
And the blade pulled out
Clean
Glowing green,
Showing
All was still wrong
Just as all was still well.
She took a deep breath
And exhaled.
Because though
Times had changed
At least the balance
Remained.
For Sue’s Thursday WritePhoto Prompt: Blade
Photo: Inbar Asif
Old slate well licked by lichen
And marbled
With moss,
Recalls clouds swirling
High
To kiss sky
With their smoke.
Jagged edges
Of years spent in
Rain, sun
And wind,
Hold with pride
To a chimney
That time hasn’t
Yet thinned.
For The Photo for the Week Challenge: chimneys and fireplaces
Photo: Smadar Halperin-Epshtein
Long years had
Carved the stone
And cleaved to blue
The sky,
Yet puffy clouds
Still gawk as they
Meander
Idly by.
For the December Squares Challenge
Photo: Jan Genge via Upsplash
They ran around the metal that machines had bent
And right across the bend of time
Into handmade medieval.
For Three Line Tales
Photo: Na’ama Yehuda
Good friends to me,
To each other,
Their hearts and souls
Brimming love.
A decade passed
Since this photo,
And both had grown
Angel wings.
Sweet moments
Of memories
That won’t ever
Depart.
Dedicated to Kathryn and Carol, forever thankful to have known you. You are forever in my heart.
For the Tuesday Photo Challenge: Memories
Photo: Smadar Halperin-Epshtein
Little feet
Crossing stones
Little hand
Holding phone.
Do his toes
Marching on
Note how time
Isn’t gone?
Does his heart
Understand
How the stream
Breathes calm
Underneath
His young mind,
Singing songs
Burbling home?
For Nancy Merrill’s Photo a Week Challenge: Bridges
Photo: Adi Rozen-Zvi
When chores call
Not all heed
Timeless work,
Patience’s creed.
Restless fingers
Supersede
Newer vistas
To be keyed.
Photo: Osnat Halperin-Barlev
The light climbs
Up the walls,
Its ancient pace
Never stalls,
Letting sun
Follow earth,
On a path
To rebirth.
Photo: Smadar Halperin-Epshtein
Out of place
Out of time
As the half-hour
Chimes
Periods bend
And history glides
In past with present
Side by side.
For Cee’s Odd Ball Photo Challenge
Photo: Amitai Asif
Layered rock
Cracks and rifts
Blackened hearths
Tribes adrift
Weight of time
Overhead
Stories told
But not dead.
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