Creative Corner #5 -- Yoke

Here's one that has never appeared in print before, a blog-exclusive just for you.

Yoke

(It is said that children who have been
abused have a greater likelihood of
becoming abusers themselves.)

She is a drooping rose
Weighted by the rain
Hunched,
Leaning above a younger bloom
Careful to pour out her burden
Beyond the newer pedals.

1994