blood before

standing stones
Photo by Suzanne Rushton on Unsplash
i river waiting for
flutter you feather
polishing stone for
night long coming
wrap hair ebon
undress in longing
so sacrifice to own
to you of you and
lay out autumn
there between
the river bare
to take me pale
before the blood
before

2 responses to “blood before”

  1. Ray Van Horn, Jr. Avatar

    As I’ve said many times before, you deserve a bigger audience, brother.

    1. michael raven Avatar

      Thanks!

      If they will come, they will come. Until then, I can work on improving my writing to make up for the fact that I rarely choose popular themes in my poetry. I might have a bigger audience if I entered submittals and an editor liked what they saw, but I’m good with organic discovery.

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