Holocaust
Of trees…
Broken arms,
Reaching skywards,
Total rigor mortis
Set in…
To fossilised boughs,
Framing…
Silver lined clouds,
Reflecting…
Into still waters,
Encasing jumping fish,
Caught in iridescent
Light…
On shining droplets,
Water…
Sliding off
Busy, brittle wings
Belonging to…
Many hued,
Flighty dragon flies,
Entrapped in the
Vapid morn,
Where…
The sacred hammerkop flies,
On outstretched wing,
Into the clean washed
Skies…
(Kariba was the largest man made lake in the world in the early 60's.)
© Susan Jahme
seacork@intekom.co.za