By Loreal Barker-Brown
-I don’t know why we forget…
it’s all temporary-
a full belly
a smooth face
the course a creek takes
the piece of paper in my hand,
what is fire or water
but you and I
and starlight united?
& the star that fades
is feeding the Robin that sings
outside my door-
the birdsong is written
on the walls of my heart,
the curve of the cow’s horn
everyday the earthworm
rolls deep the soil
softens
the crown a Child makes,
daisy and dandelion
is the promise over & over:
you belong to me
and I to you.
Soil & Sky
this place, this time
only nothing never changes-
and what is that?
What is the Crow’s Beak
made of but all that has gone on before me
and is built into the chain of what will come after
I am gone
I’m Here,
with the Crow on my Shoulder
and the Song on My lips:
My belly full- for how long…
who am I to ask?
But we were united,
once and so forever
I belong to you.
–L