Friday, February 3, 2023

Scorn Fields

Scorn Fields



Why are your hands empty?

After so much reaping, 

you should be full with harvest


Even though the grass is dry

and the feline mouths thorny,

you wait for the replenishment


Wondering how the world

got like this, just like this,

so plain and cruel


They say it’s all about perception

They say many things

and you listen, out of habit


Your hands are tired

but you hold on to the hope

that the wait will be worth it


Believing that a canyon

full of ferns might turn

into a flatland of crops


You remain, incredulous 

and they don’t care

And they never will


So release your air cups

your plates of sand

and crumbling journals


Take to the hills, the lake,

as your exhales dispel

the iniquity of their scorn







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