Friday 24 August 2007

tanka by M Kei

his heart
is a skeleton key
that unlocks doors
that should never
be opened


previously published in Fire Pearls, 2006


M. Kei, Maryland, USA

3 comments:

Crafty Green Poet said...

M Kei is a Poet, Heron Sea, Short Poems of the Chesapeake Bay
Editor, Fire Pearls: Short Masterpieces of the Human Heart
Moderator for Kyoka Mad Poems & Tanka Sequences

Mandy said...

I love it!

Deb said...

This tanka is perfect. I keep coming back to read it.