rends and renders
Sir Render, a brother of Grim Reaper’s,
renders life or rends life asunder.
so from defeats all losers and keepers
find despair or somehow find wonder.
Newborn’s wailing protests come to nothing
when dark comfort of womb is lost
to bright agony and terrible confusion.
As life grows on we forget cost.
Poets wrestle meaning and unmeaning
’til gestation is finally done.
Screams or songs speak of divination
‘til surrendered poem is won.
~ Wry Welwood
May 2021
Submitted in response to J.D. Harms’ Wednesday Word Prompt in Scrittura: Surrender.
Thanks to Samantha Lazar of Sky Collection.