birth
beginning
opening
breach
alienation
estrangement
enmity
malice
malevolence
hatred
repugnance
hostility
conflict
battle
combat
assault
onslaught
aggression
brutality
savageness
atrocity
crime
assault
strike
beat
vanquish
crush
annihilate
destroy
murder
homicide
death
Day: April 19, 2018
ELEGY
I am a Yao gem
inferior to jade
but awaiting the sorceress.
Will she wear me
in her ear, or prefer
the pendant?
I am a branch
broken from the tree
to dry on the ground
my fruit shriveled
into stones.
Carry me in your dance
inhale the fragrance
and raise me from the ashes
to come down
to the foothills
and dip my feet
in the slowly flowing waters.