Saturday 6 December 2008

Sentinel


Sentinel

Bent beneath the weight of years
she carries her burden still
with shattered diamonds in her hair
she trudges up the hill.
Holding bags from winter hands
and alabaster skin
she takes home spell components
to keep the monsters in.

4 comments:

spacedlaw said...

You post quicker than I can follow!

Rachel Green said...

Sorry - The watercolour was drying while I stitched together the photo!

Anonymous said...

I feel an affinity with her :-)

Unknown said...

Ah, I too feel I know her.