Wooden Soul

Image by Z. Shaghaghi

wooden soul


did I
doff a
leathered
heart for
you


yet
beside your
wooden soul
even my
hoary hands
now wrinkled
through
love


are
softer than
supple
tears.


R. Burnett Baker

Posted over on his site Efficient Agony
Listed as #35 over on Magpie Tales 46