The internet is a war zone—
violence seizes eyes,
rhetoric bangs on eardrums.
Another report
shoves smoke up nostrils,
cuts vocal cords from
speaking the truth.
The zombie apocalypse
handcuffed to take sides.
Justice walks
amid bombed-out cities,
wears bandages and blood
of innocent minds—
limps on crutches,
unshielded—
determined
to breathe life back
into the walking dead.
Finds Peace
trapped in the rubble—
its tattered feathers
drip in blood and ash.
Inside its beak,
a scorched branch
of an unlived tree—
two leaves
still intact.
Patricia Carragon’s recent publications include Dreams in Hiding Anthology, Fixed and Free Quarterly, Jerry Jazz Musician, Out Loud, an LGBTQA Literary Arts Anthology (Red or Green Books), Soup Can Magazine, The Scene, The Rutherford Red Wheelbarrow Anthology, When Women Speak Poetry Anthology, Vol. 1, Witchery, et al. Her debut novel is Angel Fire (Alien Buddha Press). Her books from Poets Wear Prada are Meowku and The Cupcake Chronicles. She hosts Brownstone Poets and is the editor-in-chief of its annual anthology.
