Fox

Cherry

By Silver Spun Sand

Sat, 25 Jan 2014
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11 comments
 
Across clearings, an eye,
a widening, deepening greenness...
Ted Hughes
 
It’s almost dark...prematurely;
the driving rain, and spray
see to that...
 
ahead, caught in the headlamps,
a vixen – her heart, and mine,
beating like mad,
 
Fleetingly, she stops...caught
between her world – ours,
and the next;
 
what she hears, what she sees,
I can only imagine...things
I am deaf and blind and indifferent to...
 
survives the cold, the wildness of this night, 
the gnawing pain of hunger –
smells the killer instinct 
of a pack of dogs.
 
The part of me that stops
before these wheels stop...goes with her
as she flees
 
the rest of me – my fear, my willing
her flight, my total devastation,
stays with me, for life. 
Certificate PG
Poem
Silver Spun Sand Poems
Nature
Autobiography

Comments

Submitted by Linda Wigzell Cress on

So atmospheric - smelling the fear here, and the unlooked-for unity of te driver and the vixen is palpable.  Wonderful poem Tina.

Linda

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

Thank you, Linda.  I so appreciate you sharing your thoughtssmiley

Tina

 

Submitted by celticman on

yes, Hughes's greeness and your fears carry over like those old-style sums in tens and hundreds and thousands.

 

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

Ah yes,  those sums.  Unfortunately, I remember them wellfrown

Many thanks, celtic, and have a nice Sunday.

Tina

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

A moment's meeting, and the way those vivid intense feelings of such an incident stay so firmly with you for years – so well caught, Tina. You take us with you truly into that long, lasting moment.
Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

Strange how time seems to morph into slow motion, at times like these.  Pleased you grasped the element of this, Rhiannon, as you always do.

Tinasmiley

 

Submitted by Bee on

I love foxes. You caught a frozen moment and the emotions that went with it. I could see her in the headlights and feel my heart beat quicker with hers 

Bee

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

A few years back now we took a video of a family of foxes who habitually visited our garden every evening.  It was stunning.

Thank you, so very much, for sharing your thoughts and emotions, Bee.

Tina

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

I do so agree with Bee,  you gave me a picture and set the scene so well Tina.

Very much enjoyed as always.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

Thanks, Jenny.  Much obliged to you.

Tina

 

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

Thank you, No. 1 for your thoughts, and your opinions.  

We all have our own style, and way of saying things, which is part of the fascination of this literary world of ours.

Hope your week is a good one.

Tina