Hemlock
along the surf
a house sits dry as tinder
the garden
old as the Victorians
and within
the hemlock hedge
on summer nights
the light of the fireflies
grace
a garnet of gray
stone faces
gazing up
at the moon
they wake
from their slumber
by the sea
and it frightens
me
(c) 2018 Jan Darrow
photo: pixabay
