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VxPoem ID: 23754
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Posted: August 18th. 2006 12:38:33 AM
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Western Trials
by Tay
Age Group: Adult
We were strong,
In the way that the desperately optimistic are strong,
Following a trail
That could only be seen in the dust rising behind us.
The land was beautiful…unspoiled…virgin…
And we erected our homes
Using the proud bodies of ancient oaks, pine—
The smoking stumps jutting up in the midst of our
Would-be fields.
The young hides of speckled fawn
Stretched taut across our windows,
Forcing the wind to whistle past minute cracks,
The imperfect scraping—the result of haste.
My skin cracked even as I dug into the frozen earth,
Searching for roots, bitter in the boiling pot,
Filling our bellies even as they left us hungry
For more.
Spring found me there, kneeling still by the
Impromptu garden,
The last of the year’s snow melting into my eyes.
My eyes, which had so longed to see this promised land,
The last frontier on earth.
My eyes, gone dull with the digging…digging…
Digging for the bitter roots that my hands never found.
Author's Location: Eutawville, South Carolina
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