raven oceans
wave over wave
caress anemones
men cease ascension across eons
venus erases moons
sun-wars raze macrocosms
were we weavers or carvers once
cure-summoners
or coarse sons
now raven oceans
cover our sermons
our vacuous crowns
Lisa Alletson grew up in South Africa and the UK, and lives in Canada. She has poetry and prose forthcoming or published in New Ohio Review, The Lumiere Review, Sledgehammer Lit, Anti-Heroin Chic, and The Bangalore Review.