Rusty Relics

And the tales they tell

Cowichan Valley, Vancouver Island [Author]

Rusty wood stove on the side of a trail
slowly sinking into the ground,
left standing where it once stood in a cabin
now gone and overgrown.

Skeletal corpse of a rusty ’30s pickup
stalled forever in a forest glade
sharp metal edges softened by
wildflowers growing up and through.