Testimony
(Written for the hyper-poem, coordinated by Gary B, based on "The Lovesong of J Alfred Prufrock" by TS Eliot.
We grieve. Our tears
mingle with a rising tide of need.
Your pain bleeds us
and we weep.
In our pride we took the prize
of omniscience. We bear witness.
We see scars you have forgotten,
what is yours to endure.
On good days we name stars,
count blades of grass.
On bad days,
human voices wake us and we drown.