For the sake of dead earth and its Inhabitants.
Location
The sunlight beams down on my bruised arm
Bruises heal in the sunlight
I also wash them in the water reflected
I touch them and they are numb I am
Here by the water.
And with yet another gust of wind
P .
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The Evergreens clap their hands
They sing
Like the choir at my black church
Red Robin and Blue Jay are here and I
Can faintly hear them whispering behind me
0< **Chirp** (“who is that one?”)
(“The large one by the water hole?”) **Chirp** >0
“ITS ME!”
But they fly away
I think they are frightened by my carnal voice
“WAIT!”
I suppose they notice it too.
The heavy powdered mess of
cocaine on my face and the
marijuana spread over my lips and the
LSD lingering in my hair
Work
Classes. Boyfriends
Sex. Game of Thrones
Should I enlarge my breasts?
Chocolate. I am so fat
College. Friends
Money
$$
My Aura. They must sense it
Okay. Then let's put it all away.
I plop down by the gentle pool
and breath the water in and out
The Evergreens begin to praise…
The gust of wind is
forming around my
earlobes…
…I'm FEELING the push
kerplunk!
A solid rock, my Aura, has fallen into the lake
“kerplunk!”
I say it aloud because I know I am not judged here.
Here by the water
By the sunlight
It grips me
My reflection….
…. A reflection
My reflection?
Wait… That's me….
Wait that's me…
My reflection.
A reflection?
MY REFLECTION.
it grips me…
By the sunlight
Here by the water…
***
Oh but stupid me decided to take a
fucking phone to the lake, and my
boyfriend is calling now. I have three
missed notifications on Facebook
(All birthday party invitations, mind you)
I have business to take care of in dead earth
Sorry Red Robin
Forgive me Blue Jay
But when I look up
The sunlight has hid itself beneath the clouds.
Bye, then
This poem is about:
My community
Our world