Ancient Remedies by Raquel Medora

ancient remedies Raquel Medora can you tell me?how the roots and the leaves listen while i place my hand on their trunks and ask them to whisper their wisdom as if the bark could bark orders at me about how to save a marriage how to serve how to hide emotions in a vaulted reserve how the calluses on my memories have lived in my brain in vain can it snap back into place as if snapping wouldn’t just break a branch awaywithout a roof the air is like transparency voiceless and present no facet of truth to unearth your hands like wiggling worms ambition like a slippery snail hidden face of a temptress let her, like water, wash awayMore from Raquel Medora ↓@raquel.medora on InstagramLost in Thought on SubstackHer book, Moms Are The Strongest Men, is out nowYou can listen to me read Raquel Medora’s poem, The Month of Lavender, over on Instagram @rembrandts.cure