Haunted

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I.
gray clouds rumble
the forest darkens
hiding the birds

II.
broken locks
leave the house
open to fear

III.
words that hurt
can’t be unsaid
repeat in my head

IV.
leafless branches
the willow weeps
new moon fog

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Image: Claude Monet, Water Lilies, Reflections of Weeping Willows (left half), WikiArt.org

Words: haiku, c.b.w. 2015

Part of the 2015 November Poem A Day Chapbook Challenge (Poetic Asides via Writer’s Digest) for the November 16 Prompt: haunted

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