You Will Outlast

You Will Outlast

Stacia Elizabeth Littlefield

Tempo: Grave con tenerezza

You will outlast this pain,
My cloven heart
Split & splayed like mango
Dripping down

When the heartblood hits the ground
(the earth is moaning)
They hover close to gather
All my groanings

Unmute your steady screaming, Darling
Let the sorrow breathe
For tides that rise will surely fall
And every wave recede

Sunk in the Reconciler
Your pain will writhe and rest
Let Him absorb the agony
Land cruciform in death

As we outlast this pain.

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Stacia Elizabeth Littlefield
Poet & Therapist

Stacia has been published in And Sons Magazine, Humane Pursuits and UpFront (a publication of the Navigators). She is a therapist in Colorado Springs; Stacia finds that her writing and work as a therapist reciprocally inform each other. You can contact her at stacia@northfamilycounseling.com

Photography by Kseniya Budko