Seasonal Haiku (A Defenders for Good Poetry assignment)

"Fear, the claw that grips the heart - Casts its humourless shadow on haplesssouls in search of peace;While Joy watches, apart;Fear's death-like pallor colours the face - Contorts features as emotions ..."

"To chip away at the shell of comfortand walk through realms yet unexplored,Demands the valour of a Trojan will ~Prepared to face imagined foes;To stretch the elastic of hardened minds, Requires faith ..."

"Taste the salt of my tears burning their way to my chin; Watch them fall in a cascade of fear onto my trembling bosom; Feel my pulse race beneath your thumbs ~ As you gently stroke my inner wrists; He..."

"The lifeless tree stood amidst those clothed in green life and which chose ~ To radiate their energy onto the surrounding grove; What of the lone tree, whose gnarled branches once strove to reach the ..."

"There I stood, on the peak of a hill,Eyes affixed on the twilight sky;Nicotiana infused the air with its scent,Heather cushioned my feet in coolness.Earth, sky, and myself, together in silence,Commune..."

"My soul cries out to yours ~Release me from the past;Eternity holds me fast ~Chained on distant shores.Prometheus I am not ~For death will cast its spell ~My mortal flesh will rot,As my soul ascends f..."