Ash

HVDSA member Red has written some great poetry, check it out!

Ash

By Red

Ash in the air

Blood on tongues

Motherspeech and blasted lands

We hold ourselves

Cocoons of plasticine 

Ambrosia within

Concrete catacombs

Our nests well tended

For dandelions wrath 

Claims all old tombs in time

And palest root grasps

Through toxic terrain

And poisoned waters

My leaves are rough

Leather and lace

But they brush yours 

And it’s still satin

An evening lake

Ice cubes like diamonds

In rotgut whiskey

And lemonade

A laugh that lives in forests

Runs along the brook

Whispers in every hollow

Take your joy in bloody fists, child

And carry your family

In face and deed

For our feet strike the earth

Just as loudly

And we know this dance

So join the chorus, meet the tempo

And show them how it’s done.