The water cleaves the heart of the forest
opening the wound. Forcing its way to freedom
it pours the mud of civilization into her gaping chest
beating a rhythm faster than nature
We have forgotten how to move
with her river. How to beat the heart in time
with the flow and not race
speed. We, hasty creatures of greed defined as progress
lament the loss of the free soul. It cries through the open wound
A torrent of tears falling on deafened ears. Angry men,
too white to remember the goddess inside
stand at the point of the sun and shout anger. Feeble
hands grasping power that was never theirs to hold
while she waits in the shadows, her breast
splaying wide their wound, dripping pain
The drain of life force unstopped
becomes the torrent of fear
and we, its helpless child
grasping to hold
love
For Sue Vincent’s #writephoto prompt, #torrent
The Light Behind the Story 
All too pertinent, Alethea. x
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I needed to get it out 😉
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And very well you did so too 😉 x
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Thank you ❤️
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Very strong and pertinent. Thank you Alethea. x
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Thank you, Joy. It’s been bottled up inside of me. Sue’s photo allowed for the way to release. ❤
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Powerful, heartfelt words Alethea. These are such intense times to be alive.
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Thank you, Suzanne. That they are…
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So powerful, Alethea, and heartbreaking. A beautiful, wrenching take on the prompt.
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Thank you, Dee. It stirred a lot of emotions in me.
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I can relate. It’s been hard and emotional for a lot of women. You captured the ache.
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I’m glad you can relate. Hopefully the shift back towards balance will occur…
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I could feel the dripping pain, Alethea! I could relate to it so very well. These are powerful words!
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Thank you, Miriam. I’m glad you can relate to the poem. We all, as well as the planet, seek this balance, I believe. Even those who fight against it…
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You’re welcome, Alethea. Yes, nature and human have a way to survive and eventually maintain the balance. Even though sometimes it doesn’t happen in our life time!
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❤
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powerful and heartfelt! ❤
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Thank you ❤️
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