Two Sentence Tuesday #53

Unnatural dread jolted down Hank’s spine as the ground beneath his feet quaked with reverence for the colossal being who had inexplicably materialized before him. Its vast eyes flared with the light of an ancient sun and, as Hank tearfully met its harsh glare, he recognized the fury of a wrathful god.

Two Sentence Tuesday #27

            The sinking tangerine sun created ripples of scarlet, fuchsia, and pink across the fading sky as it disappeared below the western horizon. As the festival of celestial colors sparkled in her eyes, she couldn’t help but feel… underwhelmed.  

Icarus

Icarus

I

Beheld

A goddess;

An impassioned

Starlit dreamer with

Wonder in her smile

And doe-eyes shining sadly

As she stood upon trembling legs,

Heaving the world upon her shoulders.

I longed to help carry her weight

But she was the burning sun,

And drawing swiftly near,

I courted my doom

On failed wings, with

Nowhere to

Go but

Down.

A Miracle of Nature

A Miracle of Nature

By Brandon Palzkill

A simple stream, alive with dreams

Of growing big and strong

Will gradually, a river, be

With booming, roaring song.

A tiny seed, beneath the weeds

May fight its leafy shrouds

‘til it does rise, up to the skies

A tree, amongst the clouds.

A sunny day might fade away

Behind the coming rain,

But storms dissolve above us all

And light returns again.

But sun and seed and stream will lead

To nature’s rainbow hues

Come summertime, the days will shine

In yellows, greens, and blues.

Childhood

Childhood

By Brandon Palzkill

Lazy

Hazy

Fizzy

Dizzy

Loafing ‘neath a lazy, hazy sun

Making me some fizzy, dizzy fun

The Tree and the Sun

The Tree and the Sun

By Brandon Palzkill

A tree stands in a grove,

lonely; longing.

A gently blowing breeze

caresses her weathered bark,

sending shivers down

her soft, willowy spine;

making her dance, hypnotically.

The shivering tree

casts her brittle autumn leaves

upon the verdant bed, below,

and stands naked in the field,

reaching for the sun

for consummation; for warmth;

for winter’s just around the corner.

Two lovers, parted by time;

destined to be together again.

Reunited by the revitalizing spring,

the sun will bathe the tree

in his replenishing rays,

while she dances to the breeze,

in her new emerald dress.