archeologist scraped tiles
fresco faded colors
walls breathing dust
a window slit
Vesuvius view
azure blue sky
a corpse’s shadow
dark red bones
ashes for blankets
shadings of wealth
power poverty
children and slaves
soul dark rooms
sunlit plazas
earth toned streets
blood stains turned black
ruins of amphitheater
ghosts embrace time
poetry enshrined
Richard Eric Johnson lives and writes poetry in Arlington, Virginia. He has authored five full-length poetry collections and his poetry has appeared in numerous online and print journals. Eric is also a Pushcart nominee. He most recently was honored to be archived at La Salle University’s Connelly Library.
