The Poet

Out of the fear rises bravery.

Loneliness radiates outward.

Getting lost beckons rescue.

Isolation bares the soul, and

the survivors pick through the bone pile,

looking for scraps of meat

to salvage one last meal, huddling

in the back of the cave.

The bone scratches at rocks,

leaving a million-year impression.

© Michael Domino 2014

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