Carol Edwards

POETRY

“We Asked for Signs,” read by Carol Edwards.

We Asked for Signs

the shadow of us follows Him
gaping mouths a ravening clamor, rapacious
hearts a toxic mist gripping the world;

He exists in all Times, all Places—
as He walked dust and rock, Glory
in His miracles, were we reaching from

the future to touch the hem
of His clothes, for the Power to go out
from Him into us, to heal our hemorrhaging?

ichor splattered on trails, pavements, ocean
waves, the universe soaks in our Darkness,
the sun unable to conquer such insatiable beasts,

our fangs stained with the residue of
a billion souls, a billion sins, no physic strong enough
to purge the rot, galaxies groaning with pleas

for deliverance.

Carol Edwards is a northern California native transplanted to southern Arizona. Her poetry has been published in myriad anthologies, print and online periodicals, and blogs. Her debut poetry collection, The World Eats Love, released April 25, 2023, from The Ravens Quoth Press. Follow her on IG @practicallypoetical, Twitter/FB @practicallypoet, www.practicallypoetical.wordpress.com.

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