Grace

.

She stifled her passion

with a bone cork

and Earth became

a rocking jug

with aching sides

and tears

that leaked through cracks

and there was naught

but a dry, brown light

across the sky.

And when the gods looked down

they cursed

and pulled loose the stopper

grinding it to dust

with their fists.

Earth trembled and roared

in a great awakening

of heat and light 

and the endless rainbow spray

of love un-damned.

.

(c)  1995, 2017  Betty Hayes Albright

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