The Perennial Wound - Ophis

Underneath the spires

Of everdarkgreen

Amidst the walls

Of white mist

To vanish, dissolve

Alone l beseech

As l crawl in rotten leaves

Embedded in earth

Let the insects erase

What’s left of me

Gash, slice, into every fiber

A perennial wound

Mark me as yours

And throw me away

To wither and fade

As the waste that l am

Foul, abject, who am l

To touch your grace

Worm, maggot, undeserving

The sight of your face

Let there be what is meant to be

Your blossom is my threnody

Let there be what is meant to be

Let me rot

Forever in my agony

As the sun sets

Above the wooden spires

The autumnal breeze

Shall scatter my tears