the soul thought firmly set
until love ransacked it blind
lungs, tendons, heart and all
the spirit ethered off
left but bled-out tissues
their fate the colour of mud
adamant to carve through
a paring knife, twist-gnawing
right where soul meets bone
Strange calls in the night songs unsoothing the soul the place where the gods had left I had arrived I was done, so done I was ready, at l...