Gone…
poem, poetry Elizabeth Russell poem, poetry Elizabeth Russell

Gone…

The verse was last

the curse was cast

We broke it together

but you went to wander

Alone and afraid

I watched you go

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Virginal Love
poem Elizabeth Russell poem Elizabeth Russell

Virginal Love

Who is she who can know my sorrow?

What woman, blameless, has lost the love

of a good man?

Truly, if I am without fault,

and he without guilt,

what woman can know my sorrow?

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The Feminine Crucifixion
poem, poetry Elizabeth Russell poem, poetry Elizabeth Russell

The Feminine Crucifixion

I open my mouth

and I drink of thyself

I am a vessel - fill me

Fill me with thy agony

I’ll kiss away the bloody sweat

I’ll soothe the dried and bloody mat

of hair from off thy Sacred brow

and kiss the lips that suffer now

My eyes are dark, they cannot see

But what else shall there be but thee?

My mind can grasp your presence, Lord.

And that is all I shall gaze toward.

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