Sunday, October 1, 2023
Thank you to Mark Antony Rossi of Ariel Chart for publishing my poem in the October issue.
The Forest of Pain
A wooded site,
once begun with a distinctive aesthetic
of beauty and splendor.
Within this forest,
who made the first heartbreak?
Bringing forth
all kinds and degrees
of crying conditions,
Forming
logs into shapes
smoothly surfaced by tears.
Viewed from any angle,
a design now degraded.
A relentless struggle fought.
It’s hard to discreetly walk out.
And the hills and groves
offer no aid
against demons and heartaches left
among the trees.