Month: July 2022

You
Precious momma
Were the
Mightiest being
I knew
And yet
Even you
Could not protect me
From this beast
Who
Told me
I was alone
Of course
You could not
You had no one
To show you
How

So, what now

I am sick
Of holding you
Responsible
For what life
Is want to do

My heart aches
From holding you
At arms length
As her guardian
Tells her
This is what it takes
To keep her safe

What
Do I want
From you
What
Can two humans
Really
Do

Black shadow wolf
Stalks me
And
Stalks you
Too

I love you momma
That’s all I can say
I am here momma
Afraid you won’t
Stay
I need you momma
And I know
Our time is short
I want to get down
To the juicy place
Spend our energy
On the things
Of import
I want to see you
Accept you
Love you
Human, as I am
I want to face the wolf
Together
God by our side
Above
And below
You and I left
To connect
Cuddle
Snuggle
Re-acquaint
And re-know

My fingers play
With the sand
Heavy
With the wash
Of the receding
Waves

Heart bleed
As it sees
How I
Cannot hold
This sand
Or, really,
Anything

I am human
This
World
Is bigger
And can take from me
All of it
Any time
It deems
Fit

Yet
Let us not forget
My Momma
My God
She?
She is bigger
The creator
Of this world
That holds me

So
One hand
Still in the sand
But the other?
Buried deep
In the warm clasp
Of my
Infinite Mother’s
Hand

These little chicks
Keep wandering
Away from me
One gone
Into the story of a
Grieving mother
Who’s only son
Died
Too early
The next
Into the world
Of another
Mother
Who’s daughter
Was
Almost was
Could have been
Taken away
Forever
Into the underworld
That exists
Above ground
But hidden
From view
Cruel
Castle
Of slavery
And misery

A third chick
Waddles back
Into an old story
My deepest fear
Found
Alive
In another’s
Hide

So every day I
And every week we
Go in
To all of these dark places
Hidden spaces
To find and love
The little chick
Stuck
And Distressed
Inside

It isn’t a glorious journey
We don’t really travel far
But we are friends
With all the fauna
And flora
In this little
Space
Inside my psyche
Our world
My heart
And my mind