A Poem a Day (161): Fracture

Fracture

A jagged point

Lodged in deep,

A split in skin.

Blood flowers.

This historic bruise

Buries in deep,

Seeking to fester.

Pain spirals out.

A wound to remind

Of broken hearts,

Their spiky roots

Winding into you.

Fires fan flames,

Chasing justice.

Ashes lost voices

As sirens wail.

Copyright Vickie Johnstone, May 31, 2020