Matinee Muse: Conflicted Emotions

Conflicted Emotions

a quiet meal between two lovers
(teeth gnashing on hardened magma)
a lone feather flitting in the wind
(crack as the chicken's neck breaks)
a congregation singing a joyous hymn
(screaming profanities at her beaten child)
a snowflake melting on a puppy's nose
(severing the frostbitten foot onto the ice)
a warm fire on a crisp autumn evening
(human flesh burning, the odor of charred liver)

riotous screeching of rescued captives
(an old slave breathes his last while sleeping)