Up on a hill

Up on a hill
- garland of crop and flower as neck,
the Eagle dwells
House of twigs and thorns
her rounded iron beaks
make into feather beds for her young.


I remember!


Young birds thrown gently over rocky cliff
Forced to fly
with wings not dry


Mother soars above—eyes watching
Sharp!
Glides in, gentle breeze
lest we break.
Rock-solid span
soft, comfortable, sure!
Unlike the rockier death to which we plunge
our dance
of life and death


Can I ever marry?
Would my heart anyone else love?
A taste of you
is the first drop of rain
that teases the parched, broken land
that is the landscape of my heart
whispering of the louder downpour
blood through venous cracks
giving life—and mending


I thirst some more!


Nurture the new plant—green
head high, stem straight without a bend
Give the adult strength
to make its food
Independence!!

So what locks my jaws—strangles me
prevents me from telling
I sing your love
speak my love
for you on your hill
The world hears, its heart listens, feels
The ear that’s valued the most
becomes the island
wondering, feeling, wondering

About a son’s love


Prime
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This is the way I choose, the destiny I pursue
To help the unfit and the fit
To treat each according to his need
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Dreaming Reality

Why do I cry?
when I think of you,
When you bring me joy
In my dreams,
make love to me, your juices
mixing, flowing, churning blood
in my veins, down
to my heart, up
to my head
One with me and separate

Who are you?
I touch your hair,
Feel it thick through my fingers
But can’t find the roots
Deep black humus threads spanning
Time and intervening oceans

I eat the fruit.

Today I died
No. I hung myself
You never quite understood me
Did you?
First I tore my heart
Then my eyes—why ?
I hung myself on the big Mango
Won’t let blood go to my brain
Remember! You told me not to hang upside down

Why did you turn me back?
What were you doing in the dark—and—light doorway?
I long for you day and night
—And midnight
Am I dead?
I know your back, the curve
Of your hips, here they are wide
there rounded
here hollowed by child bodies
The eagles nested here
Turn your face to me!
I know you, you know
I’ve climbed your back,
Sucked your breasts

Been in you.

Father calls you my Girlfriend
—you must be the One
So why do I cry?

There’s a blue veil hiding you
I’m hungry
Tell me, am I awake?
You have left my dreams
No! I’m thinking

You, I, the world

Megbona lo—I’m coming back
Your fingers sear my skin
I need
There’s an explosion in my loins
My loins turn to jelly—I want to fall
My first steps,
Steady, steady

Thank You
—for your hand.

Prime

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This is the way I choose, the destiny I pursue
To help the unfit and the fit
To treat each according to his need
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