Our | differences are stunning in | suffering.
The | story that most moves me is of | the
daughter | having just given birth | to
a | newborn daughter after | the
storm | surge had | washed
the | birth | mother's
mother away.
People child
REN | life | does
not replace
loss when
storm
falls
land | it | must
call | lives | too
their | end leaving nothing | clean
for | eating or drinking Loss death | suffering
is | foreign after having breakfast after having | work-
ed | to remain strong and healthy while preparing kind | fare-
well
For | several days bear | a
traveling | group north into | a
city | ready to receive | whomever
approaches
its | streets | buildings
collections private
public transport.
over her rocking head protected, she
seas Jacob waiting seven
years for Rachel
and
given
Leah: 7
more years
of waiting, loving
Rachel, serving Leah,
their dad who had made
the
out
come
later for
Jacob loving
Rachel, working for
her father's agreement:
First, elder daughter
Leah, then loved
one, Rachel,
chosen
by
Jacob.
Curled,
rocking,
my head
protected,
i see now;
Shudder
to sea
them
walk
14
year
season.
At first remembered wrong, then checked
text. Now, right remembering ancient
loves' trying predicaments, given, received
yet,
so am I.
Unchanged.
splintering hellos
wasting walk words,
channeling agreements
with friends called strangers,
waiting for his God to enter my
calamity, daily waking, resoling soul
as though there was never blood cleansing
God's version of who she is: was she ever His?
Not his, that is known, but His. God, where is she?