short forms 25th May 2017

kidnapped
by child killers
his body a twisted
mass of burned flesh and bone. Her ring,
melted.

© Rachel Green 2017

rhubarb flower
tops out at seven feet
black orchid

© Rachel Green 2017

the heat
pre-summer sun
crowded studio
jiu-jitsu kimono
welded to my back

© Rachel Green 2017

past lives
struggle through regression
I was a speck of dust

whirling cosmos
the stuff of stars and planets
molecules

the birth of fusion

© Rachel Green 2017

no need to claim responsibility. Obvious.

© Rachel Green 2017