Empty Shell written ‘In Synergy’ with “Afterlife” by Caryn Gilbert
Ghosts of lively past drift
amongst grey, empty
shell of stone building
planted in middle
of dry desert beneath
an intense sun
Silver jets fly overhead
and quake the ground
with sonic booms
shaking broken windows
loose from the structure
Once bustling with life
in days of intense war
to house soldiers bonded
with purpose and allegiance
to one another
now sits abandoned
during times of peace
barren
Except for animals
and reptiles who sneak
in to make a home
Lori Wall-Holloway is a wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, and her poetry has appeared in several anthologies, including Agape Review, Highland Park Poetry, Four Feathers Press and Pasadena’s Spectrum. She enjoys capturing moments in the lives of those she loves and hopes her work will give encouragement to subsequent generations.
