On Writing

Poem 175 – History’s Elegy

Vanessa Shields

History’s Elegy

history reveals itself

skinless

dirt-smeared
violently deep
yet never unaware
of its voice

things buried grow
seep
speak
a language
tongued by shadow

history reveals

skin

Published by Vanessa Shields

Writer. Mother. Lover.

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