Black Petals Issue #109 Autumn, 2024

Grant Woodside: Scattered Journey

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Scattered Journey

 

Grant Woodside

 

my ghost 

trails the ancient hurricane 

discarded bodies

eat burning coals

 

shadows search 

for bloodied souls 

embracing darkness 

to justify pain

 

prey with the dark 

shuffling your days 

wandering within 

that legendary haze

 

regrets follow glory

after temporary nights 

bleed slowly 

within warm home lights 

 

when the scattered journey 

began to ascend

shadows snarled, separated 

heaven swore

 

illusions unstrung

hammering upon a door

found God hiding 

within a slut's knee bend

 

a scarlet breeze 

scented with despair 

silent

something that doesn't care

 

searches out the devout with doubt 

Grant Woodside lives in the forests of PEI Canada along with a beautiful sun set haired woman from Scotland named Maryjoan.

The ghosts of Diane and Stella are also here. They are the ghosts of a young girl who was locked away in an upstairs room by her parents with her faithful black dog. That house, which is not far from where Maryjoan and myself are now I lived in as a child. The house was torn down 13 years past.

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