An anomaly was found in the pasture that night
A miracle
A newborn lamb is brought into this world
Without a face
Open and vulnerable, the soft hay is stained with her mother's afterbirth and the warm discharge dripping from where the lamb's eyes, nose, and mouth should be.
With broken bleets gurgling bubbles through open cavities, she wobbles on her four frail legs
Her peers, the other sheep on the pasture, kneel beside her to let her know she is safe
The little lamb is loved
She stains their pearly white coats a brilliant red
Her exposed blood vessels and tendons glisten in the evening moonlight
The little lamb is beautiful
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A Collection of Thoughts
PoetryA collection of mostly free verse poems and short stories. Sometimes it is nice to simply clear your head. *Trigger warnings: descriptions of disturbing themes such as: body horror, death, interactions with the uncanny, topics in biology, and suici...
