mizukori
.a single rotted leaf was crushed
into the moistened ground..
..as it was trampled gently by feeble
paws of a passerby..
..fur black as night whilst gray
as an obscure eve..
..violet orbs shone like the dimmed
moon..
..the cobwebs swayed into the brittle
stone of the rocks..
..the lake's waters were still..
..for it's circumstition by the
laughter of the inhabitants..
..was now deceased..
..a single blackened paw was enough
to crack the frail soil..
..crusted, dry, unscathed..
..it had been at rest, redundant
for years..
..for the forest was derelict and
hushed..
..a frozen breeze flew past with
wings abroad..
..chilling the single passerby..
..gently rustling the emaciated
leaves..
..rousing the potholed blades of
golden grass..
..a single rotted flower rest..
..at the lithe heel of the passerby..
..countless moons old..
..nature had chosen to let it lay..
..the passerby shifted a delicate
head towards the still waters..
..faded moonlight shone vivid from
it's pallid facade..
..she emitted a mournful cry..
..evading throughout the tranquility..
..the dismayed passerby turned in
retreat..
..leaving the forgotten forest to
it's rest..
..a lone tear crept down a single
violet orb..
..the forlorn bead moistening hollow
soil..
..'twas the last trace of life..
..the forest had ever encountered..
..for the freezing embrace of death..
..had claimed another victim..
..and the forest was dead..