Naomi
"I went out full and the LORD hath brought me home again empty... Ruth 1:21a"
Sobs crack air
eyes, tumid map of veins
pulse a widow's elegy
scan horizon flat as hope
Her mouth blisters with unspoken words
sucked mute by the vacuum of loss
Muscles tear from the force
of holding back desire
for the anointing of his embrace
She hears the wanton howl
of the black hole that dares her to forget
And calls out the names of her sons
Vultures circle
"I went out full and the LORD hath brought me home again empty... Ruth 1:21a"
Sobs crack air
eyes, tumid map of veins
pulse a widow's elegy
scan horizon flat as hope
Her mouth blisters with unspoken words
sucked mute by the vacuum of loss
Muscles tear from the force
of holding back desire
for the anointing of his embrace
She hears the wanton howl
of the black hole that dares her to forget
And calls out the names of her sons
Vultures circle