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New Earth

All the earth is fenced and broken.
Scattered and bleeding.
A no man's land
Of barbed wire men
And padlocked hearts.


Beneath the wind torn flag,
Alive around my feet
The moss grows willingly.

Nowhere to sit.

 

 

© 1986 Thomas A. Ekkens

This poem is from Collected Poetry of Thomas A. Ekkens—Early Works.