At dverse this week the prompt from Dora is to write a poem using an animal as a metaphor to break through on a blank page
His eyes are a wasteland mirrored
by the arctic paper
lying in front of me.
This hunter of seals through
pack ice and
snowed shores.
Eventually blood will write
of the kill in this
clean wilderness
And so now
my page
finally bleeds
welshstream 
“His eyes are a wasteland mirrored by the arctic paper . . . .” Stunning opening, and it doesn’t disappoint. The polar bear’s thirst for blood to be spilled as a metaphor for writing works so powerfully, Paul, and by the time the “page bleeds” we see too a glimpse of the toll it has taken on the writer to get there. Brilliant. Thank you for joining in the prompt.
I love the strong imagery used to depict the creative process, and the possibilities the imagery offers for identity – all choices being strong and relentless.
Amazing opening lines Paul that hooks the reader from start to the end. Love the hunter of seals passion to bleed on the page. Hope all is well.
Thanks Grace. Yes I’m good thank you, now slowly emerging from a rather barren spell on the writing front. I hope life is treating you kindly