The Reap
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it pulls ...
tugs on the core like a fulcrum
black ... mysterious ... warm ... final
harvest of all terrors
(for some)
yet ...
it is the magic of moonglow
the shimmering lucence of sun on wave-tops
the wailing wonder of birth
and the payment for all that is precious ...
it is the wild of a madman's eye
the blistering bite of hoarfrost on heather
and the yearning of callow hearts ...
it is the throb of time
the careless toss of tawny tresses
the sudor of love in a summer meadow at mid-day
and the breath of life, ebbing ...
it is the battle cry of the sardonic
the exquisite release of suffering
the lion under the bed
and the monster of mortality's realization ...
the torrid ache of betrayal
and the soft palm of trust
it is the veil of oblivion
and the sweetest sum of existence ...
the known of all unknowns
and the fawning fate of all sentience
it is blade and banneret
tear and cheek
brush and palette
wound and heel ...
it is the tunnel, dark
and the angel, bright ...
it is the measure and the distance
the vessel and the mead
the laugh and the gasp
the thresh and the willow, weeping
it is the last concern of youth
and the first burden of age
it takes life without regard or qualification
yet gives everything its value
it is the scraping of nails on a bloody wall
the sighing of a lung's last
and the tender kiss on an eye ...
it is a wing pressed to the wind
it is a merry moment lost to dreaming
it is a tickle and a taste
a dirge and a dance
a question, a drug, a climax, a whisper
and the gift of a lifetime's efforts well-spent
it is the grief of a barren womb
and the inestimable blessing of a child's love
it is the drip and the ripple
the echo of a heart
and the shadowy mist of gloaming
it is the end and the beginning
the last and the last
the all and the nothing
the nothing
the all
the awe ...
the reap.
Copyright © Gregory Richard Barden | Year Posted 2021
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