Hosea

Fiction and PoetrySpring 2008
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1.Lo-Ruhamah isWhat you have declared I am:Unlovable one.Stolen food is sweetAnd you let me have my wayFeasting on false fruits.Their arms enfoldedHiding all my ugliness."Let's drink deep of love!"Still, longing lingersWhy can't I be satisfied?Cruel, cavernous heart.2.I have worshipped love,Dissolved in its heady wineAnd woken in blood.Regret, regret, youHem me in on all sides andLeave me broken, parched.The words will not come.It is too late now for that.Leave me alone, God.3.Tender names allureBut can I believe them, seeAchor turn to hope?All that I have doneWill never be forgotten."Come, and feel my scars."You are respondingAnd swords bend to furrow ground."You are mine," you declare.Glory calls my nameYes I said, yes I will, yes.Show me fullness now.

Allison Frost '08

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