I Know You Want to Lie by The Roadside But The Wolves Are Coming, Sweetheart

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I Know You Want to Lie by The Roadside
But The Wolves Are Coming, Sweetheart

I’m here with you.
Our feet are bare at the beginning of a long walk.

I know the field looks empty now.
It’s not. The seeds are still growing.

Do not learn the lessons of heartbreak.
The wisdom of sorrow is a lie.

It will tell you wolves are a mercy,
that a bare field is acceptable.

If you need to rest let’s do it now.
Drink water, sleep, hold yourself.
Save your voice for when it’s time to scream.

I won’t lie to you, though.
The wolves are coming.

In your heart is a knife
but also a harvest.

When it’s time,
use one to protect
the other.

Leslie J. Anderson