My heart hurts
An implacable stormfront
Elephant goad driving
To abased shame
Older much, wiser a bit
Don't chafe at it
Swim through and with
Not against.
Yearning to float, to drown
Once more, in limpid warmth
Chase and catch forest flame
In scalded hand
What you would embrace
Is lost
This half pierced thorn
A sore
...a scabbed waif
Bathe it, home it
This stray tortoiseshell
Acquiesce to her reign
Her comfortable disdain
And you perhaps,
Will learn peace.
May 13, 2021
May 13, 2021 at 12:19 AM UTC
My heart hurts
An implacable stormfront
Elephant goad driving
To abased shame
Older much, wiser a bit
Don't chafe at it
Swim through and with
Not against.
Yearning to float, to drown
Once more, in limpid warmth
Chase and catch forest flame
In scalded hand
What you would embrace
Is lost
This half pierced thorn
A sore
...a scabbed waif
Bathe it, home it
This stray tortoiseshell
Acquiesce to her reign
Her comfortable disdain
And you perhaps,
Will learn peace.