Poetry ~ Cabbage After Christmas

Poem from Hagar ~

Thanks to you my heart

is padlocked for all time

don’t dare claim it your victory

don’t mistake my words

as pining for a last chapter

reconciliation–

you no longer own a single

pulse of beating organ

behind bone bars

prison you built–

memories, fiery darts from

season of ill-winds blown

torment ~

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