My absence from this space has been from breaking:

A broken car

Broken washing machine

Broken window locks

A breaking boiler.

A broken tibia.

Grind, spin, creak, snap.

And the world slows to a stuttering, shuddering stop.

Everything shrinks into pain relief, comfort, safety, the support of friends who shop and drive, care and check in, on not my leg, but his.

I can not tell you how it is to watch someone you love in pain they can barely endure.

Maybe you know.

 

Then the world shook and crumble, crack, smash

whole streets,

families

lives

homes

shatter.

They need pain relief, comfort, safety, the support of friends who shop and drive, care and check in.

How many people watch those they love in pain they can barely endure.

How can we know?

Farmotherlands is my award winning collection of poems about nature, farming, community and family. You can buy a copy here.

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Thanks for being here.
Julie

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