Deborah's "The third lesson:Betrayal"

THE THIRD LESSON: BETRAYAL


Let the wells
of our love
sicken

the forest
of our refuge
flame

let the fruit
of our desire
be as dust and barren

let there be
bitterness
anew with every sun

hatred
heralded
as rain

may the cradle
of our walls falter
and the seas writhe

may the moon
be riven
and the stars blister

and whatever sang
our joy
bite its tongue in two

and wail.