They’ve explained you’re born on earth
Yet you live in the stars. Heart beating
In harmony with the final dwelling place.
Crossing this great river, you move, stone by stone.
Water and rock drown the soul of your shoe.
Now your clothes are your enemy.
Your future held in the hand of the moon.
Here, our ancestors planted bones long ago
They whisper an invite to join them.
Cradled in this eternal heaven, you don’t see fear.
I smell my godmothers roses,
And wear my grandmother’s perfume.
Living in my nana’s stories
Their voices sing softly from these old brambles.
Piercing my skin. Their blood opens not a despairing moment,
It is eternal, moved by love.
A violet sunset holds dark blue grief and bright red hope
Empty clouds ignore the vast sea.
Lay on a dusty floor in a room that sees no light.
In a thunderstorm the roof leaks again,
and again
This world upside down does not hear cries.
From glass boxes, the music murmurs
It speaks of forest mist.
Of melodies that do not embrace.
But leaves do not decide to leave,
The tree sends them, cutting off sugar
And everything sweet.
Without love, leaves scatter
They can’t stay together.
If you must grasp something, grasp eternal truths.
The tip of the mountain top holds onto your feet.
Your wings unfold, ready to fly
You aim toward the happiness of what
has gone before us.
My heart wears the dead,
Each groove a loving touch.
All I have needed
Pointing forward, soaring
This high up too much air.
Be not afraid to fly.
Trust those who have gone before us, forever guiding,
forever love.
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