Listless leaves scatter then coalesce
Drainage blocked
Water pools
Pressure builds
pushing, slithering, winding through
drip,
drip,
drip
one drop; then two; yet another
manna from heaven
providing another day in hell
The open mouth, desperate, patient, pleading for release.
The encased heart, beating, steady, pushing forward.
The broken body, torn, shriveled, bent double.
You walk by every day, but you do not see.
A hand, it once reached out.
The other dug a hole.
In that hole, no bigger than a man
Will you now find my hand.
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