The Exhuming by Lauren Waegele

The Exhuming

by Lauren Waegele

People say

I wound their hearts

Puncture lives

With poison darts

People say

I bring the pain

Satisfy the crazy, kill the sane.

People say

They hate me

That I take love away.

But

People never hear what I have to say.

I say

I rescue those who live in pain

I say

I make evident the wisdom of the sane

I say

I heal the lives that were left broken

I say

I speak the words that were left unspoken

Whether I come in heat, or end life in cold

I say

I tell the history that longs to be told.