Mouse’s Prayer

Photo by Daniel Tafjord on Unsplash

Bullish, he rages
through a fine fragile
China shop
crushing every teacup,
carefully laid plates

Rattling the cupboards
raiding safely stored stocks
plucking every bone
down to bare

shelf-ishness

Scuttling
a quiet mouse’s prayer
through scattered rice & dust

I hide broken bits
of insight

Cowering
until the storm

breaks