Abandoned Building

Windows are the first to go
because rocks enjoy the impact,
the crack before the burst through,
shards crashing on floor boards
and scattering multiple reflections
of the rock lying like a mouse
in the corner awaiting safety
to venture across the building
but sensing the impending barrage
of other missile rocks hitting
targets of other glass windows
now staring out jack-o’-lantern eyes
when the candle expires.

Diane Webster’s goal is to remain open to poetry ideas in everyday life, nature or an overheard phrase and to write. Diane enjoys the challenge of transforming images into words to fit her poems. Her work has appeared in “El Portal,” “North Dakota Quarterly,” “New English Review” and other literary magazines. She had a micro-chap published by Origami Poetry Press in 2022 and one of her poems was nominated for Best of the Net.