[New post] The Apple Trees

animar64 posted: "RDP Wednesday: DECOR I followed the shadow shaped like a woman who was dragging her broken leg behind her she was pushed down the road by the last rays of a cold red sun floating like a leaf, soundless, brittle, where was she going I" New post on MY ENDURING BONES The Apple Trees by animar64 RDP Wednesday: DECOR Andrew Wyeth I followed the shadow shaped like a woman who was dragging her broken leg behind her she was pushed down the road by the last rays of a cold red sun floating like a leaf, soundless, brittle, where was she going I wondered.   I followed the shadow shaped like a woman who was dragging her broken leg behind her to an empty house with dusty windows shaded by the skeletons of apple trees they were never alive, I do not wonder   I followed the shadow shaped like a woman dragging her broken leg behind her into a room with bare plaster walls nothing alive in it's walls, the attic is empty the kitchen is as dead as the basement   We are alone the shadow of the woman with the broken leg and me, all that's left of she could have been two lonely shades, decorating the walls of an empty room in an empty house shaded by dead apple trees.   animar64 | September 2, 2021 at 9:29 am | Tags: Halloween 2021, Poetry, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts | Categories: Halloween 2021, Writing Challenges 2021 | URL: https://wp.me/p3w1FG-6VE Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from MY ENDURING BONES. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://animosbones.com/2021/09/02/the-apple-trees/