The ivy covered house--By Lloyd Wayne Russell--United States

The ivy covered house

German town ancient cobbles

scattered down the pathways

of our fading past

Columbus

and the beams creak

the walls crumble

a wooden floor that moans

even when the ghost refuses

to stroll upon its fading grandeur

An awkwardly snapped photo

the lone man continues his quest

a lonely life journey unravels before him

he wanders on

the cat attempts to make a quick breakfast

of a bird perched upon the rickety fence

the bird soars

the cat retreats sheepishly

disgruntled

Lloyd Wayne Russell is a creative writer and amateur photographer from Tampa, Florida. Wayne's work has been published in many journals and magazines, in The Literary Hatchet, Black Poppy Review, PPP Ezine to name a few. He's the founder of  Degenerate Literature, which is recently gone into a temporary hiatus.