April 18, 2021

what we wear of another... #NaPoWriMo Day 18




when our universe began 
fabric sorrows 
be not something we'd borrow 
often enough from each other 
and not that we ought seek 
to do so but rather 
can we grow 
to understand 
and accept 
walking the road 
in the shoes 
of another 

eyes wore scent 
painted skin 
 took turns 
palming samaras 
 brushing them slowly 
a trace poem feel 
a whirlwind of 
sight kites and bone fish 
your spine my spine 
serpentine falling 
love loved lines 
vines 
I tell her 
what we are 
every flower 
eyes us 
when aglow 
every bird 
every bee too 


wryly watching mother sew a gown 
for some wedding to be 
a bride's maid dress 
yellow gauze light spilling 
table window 1970's 
standing on an ottoman 
having this maid's gown pinned to me 
because she hadn't a form to use 
i wandered right then 
into all your wonder 
all the women you are 
flowers and leaves 
wanting to be, bees 
hummingbirds 
penchant undone 
merely mentioning 
your name here too 
and i am was there 
wearing you 
in love 

EJR © 



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