Surrounded, my war-painted spirit flinches
as your jagged temper serrades my bones.
Minutes morph into miles
in this marathon inside my mind,
as weeping walls will their way, ever closer,
and closed cubbords hoard threadbare wares
once fattened with short-order convenience.
YOUR hateful words pierce their way
through my hunger-worn bowels;
MY hangry mood feebly deflects
darts dipped in sweetly-poisoned jibes.
I claim my territory with warrior yells
as our marriage vows dissolve
into an acrid covenant of fear….
an uncounted tragedy of viral warfare.
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I have been deeply saddened that many couples in China have survived the horror of long quarantine only to succomb to the pain of divorce. I woke up with some of these words in my head, only imagining the stressful events that led to this decision. I pray for healing and hope to come to our lands soon. But more import
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