Her mop’s rhythmic stroke
A bondage unlike the kiss
Of sweet leather nights
Ryan Stone
Housework
Salute
Silent tears at dawn
My half-mast heart in tatters
London Bridge is down
Ryan Stone
Firefly
In a dead soldier
The captive firefly’s slow death
Holds the night at bay
Ryan Stone
Oblivious
A widow slumbers
As red and blue fireflies weave
Swiftly through the night
Ryan Stone
Rainbows
After she left me
I stared at puddles so long
A rainbow appeared
Ryan Stone
Hollow
Towering ghost gums
Never show inner turmoil
Until they tumble
Ryan Stone
The Fall
Alone on the edge
One more tree in a forest
With no one to hear
Ryan Stone
Discordant
The sound of his name
From lips that once whispered mine
Nails scrape a chalkboard
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Mother & Son
He faces the world
Armed with a rose and a shield
His mother’s blessing
Ryan Stone
For C&J
Byron
The red dust of miles
The slow creep of years, always
My safe place to land
Ryan Stone
days of stone 