Grievances

By Caroline Liberatore

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Dear earth,
Dear souls,
Dear Lord,
I am sorry.

I am sorry
for each time
I think a cloud
is just another
cloud and a wren
is just another
wren.

I am sorry
for each time
I look at a screen
instead of your eyes
and think you 
are just another
pair of arms and
legs.

I am sorry
for each time
I am indifferent 
to Your repetitions 
of dignifying 
the earth and ourselves
and respond with 
a vacant
amen. 

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Caroline Liberatore is a poet from Cleveland, Ohio. She has also been published in Ekstasis Magazine and Ashbelt Journal.

Caroline's other work on Foreshadow: 
Library Liturgy (Poetry, February 2022)
Ecology (Psalm 84) (Poetry, August 2022)
Unearthings (Poetry, September 2022)
April Snowfall, a Mercy (Poetry, April 2023)