Broken Cosmic Egg
written by: Barbara Harris Leonhard
@BarbaraLeonhar4
Our universe, a tilt,
rolls out of the cosmic nest
into the stony abyss
cracks open
like Pandora’s Box
spilling the yolk
into rivers and oceans
the white foams
like meringue
on stormy waves
all life, all souls, shift
in a slanted light
we gaze into cracked mirrors
the shells around our hearts –
fractured strangers
in a strange land
we’ve lost our minds
our impulse controls
our civility
our health
the shatter and splatter
of our fall from grace
into a new easter –
Where is our Christ?
OCTOBER 2021 AUTHOR OF THE MONTH at Spillwords.com
Barbara Harris Leonhard, a retired ESL instructor, has written a poetry collection Three-Penny Memories: A Poetic Memoir (Experiments in Fiction, 2022), which is about her relationship with her mother, who suffered from Alzheimer’s. Barbara is also the Editor for MasticadoresUSA. She lives in Mid-Missouri with her husband and cat Jasper, who refuses to go on rides to count the deer.
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