The Harbinger (Valkyrie Kerry)

Watching,
Harbinger drinks,
Muttering of murder,
Menacing ingenuity,
Witness.

Watching,
The old drunk waits,
Preparing to confess,
Speaking of our dark transgressions,
Danger.

Clearing,
Dyer-Bolique,
Collects the dead bodies,
Remains for forest fire’s hearth,
Careful.

Hiding,
Prophet of doom,
Gathering his tales,
Testimony to be laid bare,
Naked.

Watching,
Harbinger drinks,
Woeful words of their doom,
Fire lights high, smoke in the sky,
Danger.

Watching,
I see him lurk,
Warn you beloved man,
Together we hatch a new plan,
Careful.

Clearing,
You speak aloud,
Garner his attention,
Draw his fears and watch the panic,
Watching.

Waiting,
Wire remains,
Easily cut, prepared,
Barbed wire stretched in hand, I sneak,
Behind.

Behind,
Wire round neck,
He struggles and cries out,
Slashing and tightening his throat,
Choking.

Bleeding,
Gurgling gore,
Spilling to the wood’s floor,
A new ember for the pyre,
Burning.