detail of a sculpture at Rickett's Sanctuary, Mount Dandenong, Victoria
cold ripple
ache
old wounds bloom in
body’s fever
flesh muscle bone memories
twist tear break
pain of future’s decay
foreshadowed,
foreshadowed,
forgotten
beautiful reading of the sculpture, Sarah!
ReplyDeleteFeeling every ache of life in this poem.
ReplyDeleteThat's what I was thinking of, Lizz.
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