The pain is exquisite.
Flesh opens as sharp metal slices;
Tearing through tough exteriors,
revealing spongy insides.
Tears splash earth below.
As bounty is snatched and plucked.
Left; bare and exposed
With a promise –
After pruning, comes rejuvenation.
Always.
By Sarah ©2017
Image credit Pixabay
Prompt: Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie, Sunday Writing Prompt #221, September 24, 2017 – The pain is exquisite; and also, Sammi Cox, A Month Of Mini Writing Challenges, Day 26. Task: Write a poem on the theme of “rejuvenation” in less than 10 lines.
By Sarah 
evokes the pain and the hope, so well said
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Thank you!
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great take on the Sunday Writing Prompt Sarah – 🙂
I like how you’ve worded this – it plays well because it speaks of human flesh, but in essence, it translates into the harsh reality of needing to prune and cut back, dead or diseased wood, or just to promote better growth – the universal translation of gardening, as it can be applied to our humanly existence – so great job and clever word play. 😀
thanks for playing the prompt this week –
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Thank you! I was aiming for the literal and metaphoric meaning so glad that came through! It was a great prompt to work with 😃
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great 🙂 glad you enjoyed – and you did a great job with it Sarah 🙂
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