December 2, 2010

Mag #43: Old Cottage

Image via Magpie Tales

old cottage
a layer of winter snow
carpeting the footprints
hidden underneath
the disappeared time























8 comments:

Kristen Haskell said...

Snow can cover a lot even a lost time.

Jan Freeman said...

Nicely worded observation :-)

Vishesh said...

never actually seen snow...

Love the way just 5 lines create such a powerful image! :)

Tumblewords: said...

Very nice - 'the disappeared time' is poignant and perfect.

Kavita said...

Aaahh.. lovely words! Rich in meaning..
old cottages and snow.. what a deadly combination! Quite a chilling (but really nice) Magpie!

♥ Braja said...

Sweet, short, succinct....

Tess Kincaid said...

Beautiful. I love "disappeared time".

Dave King said...

"The disappeared time",heavy with ambiguity.