grey sky harbor
Amanda Morris
There is sacred
In man’s tears
They drop
Garnet pearls
From deep sea clams
Inner wounds
Where the knife
Waltzed in and rests

An epiphany strikes
His watcher
He rips facade
Into fragments
And reaches for remedy
In the heavens.
Contorts his face, eyes
Gleam beacons,
Shine sorrow and
Loss of innocence-
Belief in their foreverdance
Under star and crescent light
Now she, an angel,
Fallen
To earth’s chasm underneath
Granite crosses and
Fragrant, yellow lilies.


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