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Ubi Sunt Free Verse
One Thousand Cranes
: Golden Fields of Barley by Gypsy Blue Rose
Dedicated to Victims of Child Abuse


Angel, where are you now,
      perhaps in hell
      paying for the many depravities
      against a child, your first cousin
and your brother, Jose Luis,
      who betrayed me
      by following your lead
                                       lead
                                            lead
                                                 lead

 

I heard you got cancer
      and felt guilty for not caring
but sometimes I wonder ….
      what happened to your brother
                                            the bed wetter
                                            
the follower

 

Where are the fields of barley
      where I hid from you
      built a safe house of ripe grass
      where you couldn’t find me
                    but you did
                             you did
                                       did
                                           did
                                               did

Why did I feel it was my fault, at five,
where was dad, my champion,
the one to keep me safe and sound …
                                                       sound
                                                               sound
                                                                       sound

he was three doors down 
when you got me alone in your room
playing mommy and daddy
with our clothes on
      …though I was not playing
          I was the keeper of shame
you made Jose Luise do it too
                                           my cousin
                                                         my friend
while you watched

 

where is my innocence now
maybe, in golden fields of barley




 


 


Author Notes
800-422-4453 national child abuse prevention

UBI SUNT POEM (where are they) is a Latin RHETORICAL QUESTION. Sometimes it's interpreted to indicate nostalgia, the ubi sunt motif is actually a meditation on mortality and life's transience. By posing a series of questions about the fate of the strong, beautiful, or virtuous, these poems meditate on the transitory nature of life and the inevitability of death. ~~~~~ wikipedia ~~~~~ poetry foundation

Thank you for taking the time to read and review my poem.
Gypsy
"Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason."- Novalis

     

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