Tide-Died Mandala

Every scar

A threaded line

Sadness’ score

Reason and rhyme

Stitch of sorrow

Seeded deep

Sew teardrops fall

On grief, replete

Thorns and thistles

Peddled pain

Bartered souls

Red roses stain

Dyed, once wrought

Tides’ mandala

Peace’s knot

Remnant of awe