NY Daily News, Dec. 3, 2015 |
just say a prayer
would halt that hand
which holds a gun
its bullets itch
to unwrite life
just say a prayer
would shield one child
teflon coated
kevlar mittened
future made flesh
just say a prayer
would lop off rot
hard sear all grief
stitch forgiveness
forceful and swift
just say a prayer
our dead won’t hear
fresh ghosts are proof
each Second takes
more than it gives
Sarah E. Colona lives and teaches in her home state of New Jersey. She is the author of three poetry collections: Hibernaculum (Gold Wake Press, 2013), Thimbles (dancing girl press, 2012) and That Sister, which will be published by dgp in 2016.