The Harvest
These leavings are devastating.
I feel husked and scraped
The cobb cast on the bin
While destiny enjoys my entrails.
A continuos cycle of harvest
Where heaven recieves the best
And the living are trodden by fate.
I have words of comfort
just as i know they fall empty on your soul
I too know the cruelty of the crones scithe.
I can't share my anger or voice the injustice.
What fake platitudes do I offer?
That we can make wreaths
Woven of dried memories?
Pay homage to some harvest
where the feast is never presented?
Its okay. Im angry too.
And anger can at least burn with a fire
that fights off the cold of the night.
Brazen with frustrstion
Beat our chest in indignation
woop and holler at the mighty powers
and hold our cherished little ones
while we tremble at night for their future.
Some where, I know, we are supposed to seek
Humility, grace, forgiveness.
But I need the fire tonight.
The pain is too vulnerable.
Copyright © Tara Jennings | Year Posted 2019
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