Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Bad days

run in packs

Lopping easy strides
through the light foliage
of your life

Dogging heels
following scent trails

Spreading out in loose formation
arcing around
to surround

And when
you are exhausted
crazed with fear and pain
and gasping
on trembling legs

They take you down

with barely a sound

1 comment:

Sandy said...

I love the metaphor here of bad days being a pack of wolves or dogs. I only wish I had thought of this one myself. Well written poem.