warm dark
small home
water? what dry?

and the drums surrounding
thump thump thump
peaceful rhythm
not long now
to enter the world

sleep unaware innocent

.

then drums faster
thumpthumpthumpthump
drums louder!
THUMPTHUMPTHUMPTHUMP
awake, startle
kick the walls

startle startle
kick the walls
and they break
with a squelch

the drums stop.

screams? heard not understood
unmuffled by womb
loud loud loud LOUD
light bright bright BRIGHT
dry air! dipped in fluid
smell like what opened the
uterus, shiny metal

upsidedown held by one
delicate beautiful foot
disjoint scream
swung
innocent fragile baby
head first
into a large rock.

~~~~~

isaiah 13:14-18

Like a hunted gazelle,
like sheep without a shepherd,
each will return to his own people,
each will flee to his native land.
Whoever is captured will be thrust through;
all who are caught will fall by the sword.
Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes;
their houses will be looted and their wives ravished.

See, I will stir up against them the Medes,
who do not care for silver
and have no delight in gold.
Their bows will strike down the young men;
they will have no mercy on infants
nor will they look with compassion on children.

~~~~~

am I making things up, this time?