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A Cough From an Ashy Throat (Lament of Iaroslavna)
November 18, 2023
White.
It is all
Too
White.
A blanket
of snow
Clouds my
Vision too
Much to see the
Black-browned wind
Scream
From an achy mouth
With the waterlogged
Eyes of my people.
White noise,
White face
Too struck
Of a splash
Of color
It so desperately
Needs to
Hope maybe one
Of these screams
Will be loud enough
To break glass.
Break white
Let it melt
Into tears of
Anyone other than us
Waterlogged eyes
Black tongue
Is the only
Savior
From all that is
White.
Black tongue.
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I wrote this during class for a prompt. We had just read “Lament of Iaroslavna,” and I felt that the language it used really spoke to me. While I didn't feel as though my poem could fully encapsulate what I was trying to say, I liked the way it contrasted with the original piece.