Sunday, June 30, 2013

Sanctuary (Poem 91)

Sanctuary

praying 
        ferns 
sweep the darkness 
from ancient 
        pagan idols'
lichen-clad feet
courtly 
        bowing 
            deeply
tasting the lurid 
        honey
of diluvian decay
  re/
  in/
      spiring 
their fog-enfolded 
         sanctuary

(c) 2013, by Hannah Six


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