lament in winter

flood paths, faultiness

silhouette of asian woman behind tree branch near endless ocean

to weep over this huddled form
may in the end be an antidote
to the current of grief, that
––force
[o time]
where to meet head on
and survive
[o mother]
demands surrender to its coming
[o you ]
left behind too for the onward march
[you, too]
and nearly disappeared

[and yet. and yet]

save now
us our mothers
this time
our sense of any
o god but
these blind barons’
blaring horns

Author: Stacey C. Johnson

I keep watch and listen, mostly in dark places.

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