There is a chapel
where no prayers survive.
Only ravens.
Only ivy
curling around broken stone
like fingers refusing
to let go.
I light a candle anyway.
Not for God.
For the women
who were called wicked
simply because
they refused
to burn quietly.
The flame flickers.
Somewhere beyond the trees,
something ancient
smiles.
Between Bruises & Blooms 
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