my brokenness has borne
the
fruit
of a
thousand sorrows
piece
by piece by piece
piercing
by piercing by piercing
arrows
of unlove
unbecoming
to
become
what
can only be
remedied
by
the man of sorrows
acquainted
with grief
my
grief
borne
in
love’s long-suffering war
©
2016 Jennifer Wagner
“Love
is a long-suffering war.” –Janet Martin, poet extraordinaire
Note: over at dVerse the prompt is to write a
secret admirer poem and since my poem is a bit similar to the guidelines of the
prompt offered I wanted to make mention of it--though I didn’t write it in
response.