Vows~ By Jalen Williams

with paper blinds pinched shut;
and sunlight crawled in;
spilled over the unpolished dark wooden boards
resembled black fingers clawing and scratching the floor
and all the dust like old snow settled between their nails
she sat there in the sheets
rooted to the headboard, hair of weeds
and wooden gaze
cold and alone,
in a house with two;
barren branches, skin and bone


Author Bio:
Jalen Williams is a writer. Follow him on Facebook. On Instagram and Twitter follow @jalenisms