Of shadows and shelter

Just when I needed

Warm arms around me

Seeking shade and shelter

From a  brewing storm

You abandoned me coldly.

We were no longer eager rivers

That flowed babbling side by side

I saw a glacier veering away

Angry that i could feel dismay
You became a frozen mass

Opaque viscous icy dust
Of sneering ridicule
And raging disgust
Your unspoken fury of many years
Congealed now in unshed tears.
.

My crime?

I was afraid your errant shadows

Would make a stealthy escape

Turn the simmering  storm

Into a twirling typhoon

Wound my baby
And devour me slowly.

Pain as molten lava
Flows down my cheeks
Unseen unheard i am now
A smoldering shadow
A  volatile volcano.
A river no more.

June 2014