Magnificent creature
I am in awe of your beauty
Envious of your herb-fueled strength
I want to love like you love
Deeply and without reservation and forever
I want to mourn like you mourn
Deeply and without reservation and forever
Caress the white-washed skeletons
With tender trunks, joined in honor and sorrow
Revering the fallen for as long as it takes
Not like the Mbuti
Who believe the ancestors inhabit this current body
I do not see my grandmother in your eyes
Or the Igbo
Who bury the dead with your tusks
You touch the living, say everything
With a tender stroke, playful slap, a nudge
You remember everything
In a perfect world, we would be friends
Walk beneath the sun and stars
Raise each other’s babies
At the end
I hope it is you
I hope it is you who stands over me
Who guards my bones
You who touches them with tenderness
And remembers
Wonderful!
Thanks, Jacob!!
Oh Davita, this is really fantastic.
Very nice!
Thanks, all!
I just read this again and I am still in awe!
Just a wonderful poem in every way.
What a wonderful poem!
What a lovely poem! I liked both the melody and meaning of it, very very much.
Davita, your poem touched me in so many ways. LOVE!
Oh my goodness, this poem transcends to a prayer in my heart. This is one of my favorite poems from this entire marathon!!
Thank you, all….I love that it’s likened to prayer. 🙂