A Brief Encounter

A Brief Encounter By Stella Mazur Preda

last remnants of a tangerine sun drip through indigo skies darkness gallops on its ebony mare crystalline stars play peek-a-boo and a deep mist eclipses the gravel road horse’s hooves break the eerie silence pebbles like fireworks fly in their wake a solitary horseman tunnels through the dark flapping cloak whips the horse to a frenzy echoing hooves disappear muffled by the mist once again deafening stillness claims the night