Poets United and Imaginary Garden

I wanted to give  Red another try. This is also for Imaginary Garden's challenge,to write a poem

 based on Little Red Riding Hood.

Innocent outlines flushed red cheeks

breath crystallizes in air

pine needle carpet crunches

 with permafrost

onward I go

birds whisper"feaRED wolf

I scurry along,

 twigs snap in deep forest

cold air seeps

 into my bones

 a trail of breadcrumbs

 slowly disappears

birds sing their final evening song

 yet mocking bird continues

mimics many tongues

 lazy sun descends

ribbons of crimson and blood orange spread out

outlining the view

 to Grandmother’s house

I hear the stream, I'm close by

Fear washed away

Moon’s logic is rising

I feel sharp eyes watching me

I dart bird like

must hurry

Streaks of darkness blur

 my view

Flinching I turn

Nothing there

Amber moon glows 

in midnight's theater

Luna's labor a rim of fire

ignites a 

 Wolf’s revenge

© Ellen Wilson