Saturday, March 16, 2013

touching the sky/35/soul love saga

*Touching the sky

My momma said
these roots that I grow will stabilize me
yet they have held me down
and strangled my wings
feather by feather
like the leaves that fall
on the wind
they drift back and forth
on unforeseen currents
I hold out my hand tryin to catch the last of the warmth

the feathers provide as they leave

my roots in the paper work
each time I sign my name
I do it all for my children
every promise sends
more of myself in search of nutrients

so to stabilize me
us
yet I grow
my spirituality not yet
touching the sky
My spirituality rooted out

        out of chaos
shared as my hair dreads
as I dread repetition

My mind wanders as I soar,
tell death I do my part


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