by Charles Frederickson
Frothy rabid hatred empty pockets
Holed up resistance spewing revenge
Rusty tear ducts weeping inconsolably
Impotent rage drowned in fear
Enigmatic fir sentinels attention bent
Conical shadows leaning on crutches
Ghostly skeleton branches eyeless needles
Mud encrusted no longer evergreen
Brittle fragile saplings broken arrows
Bowing east leaning towards Mecca
Nebulous silhouettes lost twilight prayers
Bound to nefarious eternal darkness
As dusk surrenders shrouded nighttide
Passes into itself beseeching Sunshine
To come out of hiding
Teaching bluebirds to chirp again
Uprooted cringing hostile earthy clumps
Caught in tangled undergrowth bramble
Thorny rosebuds unshackled cuffs polished
Dense clueless thicket demons unbound
Forever yet never vibrant afterlife
Crumbly wick hysteria rendered incarnate
Trembling flames resettled ashes-to-dust
Snuffed wind-blown votive candle relit
Dr. Charles Frederickson is a Swedish-American-Thai pragmatic optimist, idealistic visionary and heretical believer who has wandered intrepidly through 206 countries, an original sketch and poem for each presented on http://www.imagesof.8k.com/. This maverick e-gadfly is a member of World Poets Society, based in Greece, with 200+ poetry publication credits on 6 continents, such as: angelfire, Ascent Aspirations, Auckland Poetry, bc supernet, Blind Man’s Rainbow, Both Sides Now, Caveat Lector, Cordite Poetry Review, Dance to Death, Decanto, Eclipse, Flutter Magazine, Greatworks, Green Dove, Indite Circle, International Poet, Listen & Be Heard, Living Poets, Madpoetry, Melange, Newtopia, Planet Authority, Poetisphere, Poetry Canada, Poetry of Scotland, Poetry Stop, Poets for Peace, Poetry Superhighway, Pyramid, Sage of Consciousness, Stellar Showcase, Subtle Tea, Sz, The Smoking Poet, T-zero, Ya’Sou! Ygdrasil, Zafusy.