diorama

Miniature figures placed with precision 

In the diorama 

The scene unfolds in suspended time 

Open concept 

Kitchen and living room 

Flung open storm door

He escapes through 

Carport gate 

And takes the dog

A girl collapsed

Silent screams 

On the kitchen floor 

Feelings frozen 

Objects glued 

I feel them with my fingers

Tangible markers of a memory

I’d rather be forgotten 

But they are immortalised 

Crystalised the image 

Surveying the wreckage 

In a small shoebox 

Miniature figures placed with precision 

In the diorama 

The scene unfolds in suspended time