A SEARCHING poem

A Searching

eyes across dry
parched desert, snake sees

coils within his ring
reaches out,
snares

a little creature, mole
cries betrayal

too late

eyes bulge in anger,
tricked

this was a safe journey, as
I traveled from other destinies
no one

advised against the dangers

© Richard L. Provencher 1988

first Published Spring 1988 Vol 6 No 1
The Cormorant, Saint John Campus
University of New Brunswick, Canada