Rose & Thorn Journal - Spring 2010
Mary Brady writes poetry and fiction in New York and South Carolina and everywhere in between. She is currently completing her first novel.
Mary Brady
Warrior
Shrouded in black,
eyes ablaze
like desert fires
kissed by death
stalking jihad
struck solemn by
bullet fragmenting bone
shattering skull
revenge revealed
stopped not by boundary nor bombs,
nor fake papers
expired
like him.
To hear a reading of "Warrior" go to podcasts.
Witness
I'll take you broken
bits gone missing
hand over heart
failing to staunch the flow
of artery and vein
plasma drenched rain
corpuscles red
flowing out
alive
barely.
I'll put my hand there on the spot
feel the faint beat
hold you as you pass over
broken
but not alone.
To hear a reading of "Witness" go to podcasts.
