Mountain Goddess
I wept
three feet
of snowflakes
My tears weighed heavy
on ancient trees
Those old beasts
cracked and screamed
as their severed limbs
fell to the ground
Their arms, offerings
at My feet.
Kara L.C. Jones is a Kevin Smith fan,
internationally published guerrilla
poet and bookmaker, mother to a stillborn
son, beginning belly dancer, and a
million other things that will prevent
you from shutting her in a box. And,
yes, this is the same woman who sits
on the Board for The MISS Foundation
and the National Stillbirth Society.
You can contact her through KotaPress
if you are so moved.
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