Raised By Blood And Bone

 In fields of seathrift and oleander

Lies a megalith raised by blood and bone

Once dragged by those who bleed and meander

Four wolf-like pillars built with holy bluestone

Two tomb-shaped rocks forged through sandstone

Two dragonglass altars made grander

For gothic woodland creatures to atone

Through ritual punctuating candor

A body of stone shaped by valley oak

Perennially cloaked in strawberries

Blessed by gods of harvest bound by oath

A fossilized face bawled tree sap and spoke

In resin-stained vessels meant for faeries 

Through archaic chants of personal growth

© Niklen 10/31/24