Derailed Quatrain #7

Rollin'

heavy thudding, pavement cracking
wheels like bison in stampede
crushing insects, birds, and rodents
progress raging like a hurricane

Derailed Quatrain #6

Claustrophobia

on hands and knees now raw from constant scraping
tiny flame lights inches in stretching ebony
cough and gasp for ragged breaths of mildew
helpless, pushing onward, biting down the panic

Derailed Quatrain #5

Sealed in Tight

thunder slams the sky like cannon blast
beyond the tunnel walls, a brilliant flash
stalactites shudder, ceiling crumbling down
panic fills the hearts of men now trapped

Derailed Quatrain #4

Surprised by Solitude

bursting forth through atmosphere
tapestry of lights on blackness
breathless at the vast and empty
feels like speck of dust in canyon

Derailed Quatrain #3

Precipice

tumbling stones in gathered swiftness scraping
as ghastly spirits howl, dive the breezes
little saplings bend, then dreadful cracking
plunging headlong down to barren valley

Derailed Quatrain #2

Lady of the Old Victorian Mansion

upon credenza, polished, fragile
window to a charmed antiquity
refracted light on gleaming crystal
one careless thrust will cause to shatter

Derailed Quatrain #1

So drips the melting Scarlet

peel away as crystals glisten
sharp as lance to throat they linger
shades of bright then dull in sequence
petals droop in listless crinkle