harrowed.

broken

harrow

blades

till

deep.

turn

up

black

with

despair.

heart

breaks

in

shallow

furrows.

cracks

run

clean

through

to

next

season.

and

the

next.

iron

sharpens

iron

as

pain

turns

heart,

breaks

rocky

soil.

my

heart

is

harrowed,

fallowed

ground.