Wordless Wednesday

photos taken by Kevin Faries in Springtown, Texas last week

Paralysis by Joanne Faries

rain drips
confused by temperature variations
it floods, then takes hold,
oozes into every nook and cranny
muscles control of every pore
tightens its freezing grip
choking branches and limbs until

crack
the once strong limber tree yields in pain

And crack,
the bones break