Wasteland
Like a woman without children.
Solitary stands an old vine.
Ghostly like a night shadow.
Cursed like a bad crop.
Seeking vein of barren soil.
Maybe this is the last morning dew she cries for.
No virtue of a virgin
To tighten its branches with her own hair.
No sun to shine over it.
No birds to steel the grapes.
Nobody will drink its sweat.
Somebody will take it on blistered bare palms.
Far away.
Who knows where?
Wasteland.
Left solitary, ghostly, cursed in a stony grave.
Stony monsters.
Will tear out an old vine.
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Offline) - Published: October 1st, 2023 17:00
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Mother Earth needs to be fertile or we have “stony graves” haunting poem, but I like it.
Thank you Parisab
The poem is a true story about the vineyard grown by my grandgrandfather
Later inherited by a member of the family and sold.
Unfortunately, it is still a wasteland.
Wow it is a universal story and yet so personal to your family’s legacy-it must be hard to watch this-May you find other fertile places in your life…
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