Here
the birds here
impale insects
on the barbs
of wired fences
Nature pays
no mind to me
or my soft heart
but holds me here
impaled
and waiting
scanning the wide
open sky
just the same
– me

~ by April on May 28, 2024.
Posted in God, Loss, Love, Nature, Poetry
Tags: Barbed wire, Birds, Country, Farm, Farm life, Fence, Fight or Flight, Impaled, Insects, Nature, Pasture, Predator, Prey, Rural, Sky, Trauma, vulnerability

