Aged marks the alley
A way traversed by man
many feet have covered
more years than that have spanned
Aged marks a history
where crimes in stealth occurred
running for a hidden place
but they had been observed
Aged marks a story
the stones that cannot speak
holding back the knowledge
not told on any street
Aged yes and crafty
we carry many scars
were you to know the secrets
you’d gasp and be alarmed
Seek not for the answers
we whisper in our drink
this alley holds much darkness
they’re coming
for you
we think
*
Thanks to Rochelle and Friday Fictioneers for another week, another great prompt, and an entry into an alley where there may be no exit.
I took the liberty of editing Kent Bonham’s shot just a bit. I wanted the focus to be on the stones of this alley.
penned in moon dust 
Oh how well the image and words blend to make a total poem and make us wonder about the stories that could be told…Hmm…you should consider a series of stories told form the alley’s perspective.
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Oh I’ll put that in my growing pile. too many books too little time. Thanks C
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very nice….drew me in…almost made me want to visit that alley…in the broad light of day of course
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If stones and trees and houses and so many other non-human things could talk, we might all be in big trouble! 🙂 Good job.
janet
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What an awesome way to explain this-now I know evgnethiry!
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Thank-you, thank-you. A truly good poem with lots of rhythmic patterns in it. Very nice.
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thanks kind sir
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is nice and simple to add , but i cnonat see the traffic by date and ip . { or may be i dont know how to !!} it would be good to have statics by date and ip also so that we know which date “live feed ” i am seeing. when i click on see popular pages of today i see all pages that have been seen wihtout date . it means that its not real time day basis . as a webmaster i am not able to find out who came when and clicked when . but its more accurate in place location then other counters available hoping to hear soon from you
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What a beautiful depiction of aged history.
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Loved this. The last four lines sew everything up perfectly. Thank you.
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Holy $h1t that’s good…. I could almost hear drum beats accompanying this; that’s how perfect the rhythm is, darling. Very nice.
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Hi Annie and all – on Feedjit Map, how do you figure out the total nmbeur of visits that the percentages are calculating off of?(I posted a question earlier about the “Ignore My Browser” – Annie, you can ignore that in your moderating 😉 I realize that you all are talking about the Live Traffic Feedjit, where I am asking about the Live Map. I found the Options link on the Live Traffic.)thanks!–jr
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To think, I was confused a minute ago.
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How very profound and philosophical!Really good!
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wonderful take on the photo. if only those stones could speak,what beautiful and horrifying stories they would tell.
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I love the rhythm of this piece.
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Dear Leslie,
In your poem, the stones do tell a story. Nice one.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Wonderful poem here.. there are so much an alley can tell
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This is me all over. Lovely poem. If it isn’t personification, it should be. 🙂
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A story in every stone – aged marks indeed!
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