A vile
Odor repels
something sinister
kept safe by scent
Just so
A vial
of perfume
Lingers long after
the liquid disappears
as pen on paper
fade
In residue resides
A verse
Contains a moment or more
than matter, intangible yet
Solidified somewhere
such as Here
Averse
to keeping a poem
Imprisoned eternally
Ascent is always
Released.
Painting by Francis Philip Barraud (1824-1901), 'Prisoners of War' in Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
