Spider's Web

A perfect creation
Knit between branch and oak leaf
Of glistening silken line

Catching light
Pure testimony, this ancient wisdom
Living locket

Dangled from a strand of pearl
The nape of the universe
Holds this precious life

Jewel
In wait for the unwary
Sweet kiss and beautiful death.


(Previously published in Timber Creek Review, Spring 2007, Vol 13 No 1)

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