Lady Ice 

Keeping me in the dark, emotions
fail, a terminus point reached, and
subcontinent trivial murmur.

The poet glides as stealth, through
the catacombs, subterranean by
no fault; relic dawn and fading haze.

Mysterious union, mirrored souls,
dancing upon the lake of a forbidden
realm.

The flame will sway in her eyes, steal
away the frozen soul; lady ice living on
in a photo, the frame is shattered,

the heart forgets to hold down the beat.

Indecisive

The ravage of synthesis,

bone pearl night, glazed

bronze stars, phosphorus

and low mass, end of a

life cycle.

A symphony of love,

unleashed into the

wilderness, graveyard

in ruins, a druid palace

in mock prayer.

Wounded heart river,

hyperactive racoons,

conductor of their own

oblivious domain, a fox

crosses their way, the

world at large, completes

its slide; into madness.

The creative writings of Wayne Russell have been widely published over the years, The Cannon’s Mouth, Screech Owl, The Monterey Poetry Review, and Poets’ Espresso Review, are some of the magazines in which he has been published. Waynes first collection of poetry, Where Angels Fear, was published by Guarilia Genius Press in 2020; it can be purchased via Amazon.