Thursday, April 11, 2019

Comfort, upended (Day 813)


fairy tale maidens are 

no more  and comfort 

has been upended  

kindness turned on its side

love 

grown 

vertical  with only 

a small speck of compassion 

lingering  like a knife  

hovering above 

an undefiled snowfield


(c) 2019, by Hannah Six

Image: La Dame à la licorne: À mon seul désir (15th cent.),

wool and silk tapestry, via Wikimedia Commons

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