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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