Gettysburg

Many rains have washed
the blood from my green,

yet I still shudder
when a gust of wind

combs through
the grass,

still feel footsteps
fumbling over

me, men falling
like berries from a tree,

my body battered with debris.


The breeze passes.


I’m relearning
how to let it,

relearning to love
each little flower

sprouting from
this hallowed ground.

The war men ravaged on my body
was never my fault.