Nothing else is left
from all that's sown and reaped
but a Bitter Goard from a bitter God
to survive the whole winter.
They say it's good for you
that it's nourishment, a healer.
Nothing else is left
from all that's sown and reaped
but the pain and the punishment,
quite enough, quite close
to knocking my guard down.
But they say it is good for you.
That it is medicine.
that the darkness is the womb
and silence, part of the treatment.
So, be patient, my patient.
In this dark womb of silence
grow patience.
The weight of the soil that buries you
is the weight of the soul that carries you
up, and up, to crack the crust
and out into that long-lost light.
-Uththara-
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