Advent: The trouble is coming, let it come
an honest poem about making kin with the chaos
BEFORE THE TROUBLE CAME
On that day, says the Lord of hosts, the peg that was fastened in a secure place will give way; it will be cut down and fall, and the load that was on it will perish, for the Lord has spoken. Isa 22:25
Something bad happened
We ground our teeth and said cruel things to
Hide the fear we felt
That we were losing something
We would never…
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