Altar
by Samantha Malay
published June 1, 2019 in Blood Tree Literature
https://www.bloodtreeliterature.com/poetryi5?author=5ce47ea1456b8f0001589f5b

 
count the days
and bones beneath your shirt
when berries of the mountain ash
line the empty pond

trace the knot in the wood
where the branch used to be
scrape the jar
yield to winter