The Reaper
The September installment of 11 months, 11 Readings—an oracle card inspired poetry series.
I turn to the last page to see if I can find a verse... to see if I can scrounge up the last of the lost words that got left behind along the way. Is there still a story here? Or just the final spread of empty lines who hope they'll be filled with as much meaning as all the ones who came before them? Is this ink, dark and bleeding, a reaper? A harbinger of the unknown to come when the paper runs out? It might be one end, but I chose to reject oblivion and believe that on the other side of the cover, there patiently waits the dawning of another story...
The is the September 2023 installment of the 11 Months, 11 Readings series, which features a new poem each month inspired by an Oreanam Oracle card that is drawn by the author on the first day of each month.
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