Thursday, June 5, 2025

what we borrow

 how many times can I hold you close

our two skeletons dressed in human cloth

pressing into each other for a

deeper comfort than words can give

we give each other reasons to live

how many times can I 

petition the loving ancestors

standing just beyond the veil

asking what is this all for anyway?

and why did we borrow their blood, 

the breath of Spirit, 

the movements of sun, moon and wind

how many times 

can I claim love

without ever defining it?

How many times can we

visit the oceans within each other

without almost drowning until 

remembering how to swim?

How many times can I teach you

you have already learned 

all the answers you need

until new prayers arrive

on the shores 

of what is yet to come?




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