Free Verse Poetry
Where Bones Gather Above Dirt
Published in
Feb 2, 2024
ㅤ …rare bursts in swirl of birds
vanish in soarㅤ(this place unsafe
for nesting) terror to temblor after temblor
rubbling hope.
What can sleep will wakeㅤa violence sieved
thru invasive rays shirting the war-scape
color-poor wasteland singed by sun
/daybreakㅤlike dog in search for bones.
Every corner’s fall of grey
becomes host for embittering light
for even waste’s sky seems in prayer
for quick return to darkness.
Such gluttonous silence to this
/such belligerent quiet
…not by omission, but
villainous consumption of the living.
©jef l littlejohn 2024
