Last Poison Dart

Do you seek protection

from being alive

 

A turtle in its shell,

a bee in its hive

 

Do you lust for new armor,

to cover your heart

 

To shield truth inflicted

—that last poison dart

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2017)

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