April Anthology 2018: Spark (4/10)

All the ghosts of generations,

Memories of field and fen

Sea and cave and ancient forest,

Deeps of the forgotten glen.

We have all contained our monsters,

In our genes and untame mind.

They still nest there, you remind me,

Past the places we can find.

But amid our krakens, treasures.

Pearl and jewel, golden spark.

Last drop of Pandora’s measures

Hope has always met the dark.