The Attic

Up in the attic

Cacophony

Wailing and moaning

Chains rattle once, twice

Then silence

Battering my peace

Before I shivered 

Safe in bed

But now I must know

Up the stairs

I go with trembling

The attic is dark

My light dies

Something scraps my hand

Now the wails and moans

All are mine

Racing down the stairs

Prompt: A secret in the Attic

Winter Descends

When the clear air bites

Cold and colder

I embark in gloves and scarfs

Green leaves flush in fright

Red and redder

Crunching underfoot

The frosty chill invites

Chocolate and chocolate

Stirred steaming and sipped

Winter brings night —

Early and earlier

My window darkens

Written for dVerse.

Starlit

Turn your sight to the sound as

Unicorns flit between the trees

Vanishing down the starlit walk

Where sharp crystal hooves rap

Xylophone-like on flagstones leaving

Yellowed notes in the autumn breeze

An alphabet sestet: A poem of six lines where each line begins with a consecutive letter of the alphabet.

Written for dVerse.