Natural Order, a Cry For Help Poem

Last Updated on April 8, 2025 by Candice Landau

This poem is excerpted from Embers & Amber, a collection of poetry by Candice Landau that explores love, loss, memory, and becoming.

Because the world dictated it
I fulfilled my purpose

And it turned me inside out
Like a fig

And it ate me
Like a fig a wasp

And it began to
Break me down
And absorb me.

This beautiful thing
Soft wet teeth
And sweet open eyes

My wings are gone
My body dying
There is no escape
No point to my terror

      Will someone help me fast
      Will someone help me out
      Of this pretty purple skin

            But only if I’ll live
                  But only if I’ll live.