The Veil Thins​

Issue 16

The sun bent down and kissed the trees
and left them with its residue
golden, orange
and fading
falling
until I wade through puddles
of fallen sun
scattered rays of earthbound light
crackle like bones beneath my feet
a satisfying crunch that whispers
 
memento mori
 
with every step
each skeletal sundrop
painted beautifully in warmth
masking the cloying taste of rot
beneath

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Daneen Fox has appeared in The Channel Marker and has won The Poetry Society of Virginia’s Student Contest. A classical musician, she writes with an ear for rhythm, striving to translate the things rather left unsaid into something hauntingly beautiful, crafting poetry that’s both confession and reconstruction.

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