The winter sky releases
constellation ice
like a frozen waterfall
over the fields.
Beside the road
the car is warm
we watched the lights
flicker like dancers.
Eventually dawn unscrolled
I thought about horses being born
like our secret
when we were neighbors.
John Swain lives in Louisville, Kentucky. His work has recently appeared in Shoots and Vines, Asphodel Madness, Gloom Cupboard, The Plebian Rag, and others.
constellation ice
like a frozen waterfall
over the fields.
Beside the road
the car is warm
we watched the lights
flicker like dancers.
Eventually dawn unscrolled
I thought about horses being born
like our secret
when we were neighbors.
John Swain lives in Louisville, Kentucky. His work has recently appeared in Shoots and Vines, Asphodel Madness, Gloom Cupboard, The Plebian Rag, and others.