shadows begin to creak
and soot pours into my sneaker
it is
q
u
i
e
t
but wait...there is sound
a brittle crunch
a hollow whistle
a wooden sigh
at the ravine we find mud
and a coyote's bones
neatly laid out
each rib softly rests
in its place
or maybe it is a pet friend
a pair of hawks shriek from above
we see you!
we see you.
my view opens up and out
i can see all the way across
all
the
way
across
to homes where my feet found warmth
and
to houses i peeked around corners to see
a storm of fire imagines in my eye
flickers and dies
as i walk and walk and sit and look and look
i spot sprites of kelly green
i can only think
i see you.
virgen de guadalupe at kelly's home
malibu, california
november 2018
35mm
warped sheet metal on horizon drive
malibu, california
november 2018
35mm
scorched mountainside on kanan road
malibu, california
november 2018
35mm
kelly in front of her home
malibu, california
january 2019
35mm
an unscathed cherub statue at kelly's home
malibu, california
november 2018
35mm
patterns in the singed earth on kanan road
malibu, california
november 2018
35mm
view over the pacific from horizon drive
malibu, california
november 2018
35mm
kelly after rummaging through her home
malibu, california
january 2019
35mm
an overturned truck on morning view drive
malibu, california
november 2018
35mm
red sap oozes from a severed tree trunk on greenwater road
malibu, california
january 2019
35mm
melted cars beneath crooked branches on greenwater road
malibu, california
january 2019
35mm
a car's slurred colors of metal and paint on cuthbert road
malibu, california
november 2018
35mm
kelly stands in her home's garden
malibu, california
january 2019
35mm
another virgen de guadalupe at kelly's home
malibu, california
november 2018
35mm