Silence of the World
Can you hear the planes?
See the babies
falling like rain?
Mother's rock empty arms
and tears dry unnoticed
their bodies burst
like colors of the sun
red glow at dawn
and their breasts ache
the bodies pile
in a heap
there is a silence
in the world
pretend that we can't hear
the screams
piercing cries
the shards of bone...
the Nazis are taking over
guilt spreading like disease
shaving my head
and labeling me a sinner...
fingers probing, jabbing
chanting liberal, liberal
while the smell of death
lives in their nostrils forever.
The Nazis are taking over
scratching, screaming
hurling and waving a flag
of my color.
Satya and War
Moonlight, cold,
breathing ice
our truths are spread
like crystals melting
where there is refusal
to bend or warm
fixed, fused and stern
we stand, asking
that all accept
one reality,
one reality without love
and a strong arm
Ahimsa
Rocks lodged
jagged, scramble crawl
away from one another
clumps break into dust
and our hearts disappear
like a road drying.
Blind Servants Justifying War
Warriors
ride out
their dreams
fighting a war
where there
are too many
losses
and I can't,
I won't stand
beside you
cooing
a polished idol
licking your wounds
but instead
embrace you
and tell you
how sorry I am
and ask for your
forgiveness
I won't
and can't
sacrifice
the child
of our wombs
for this...
not for this
no, not for this,
not this war.
My God
not your God
is merciful,
gentle
and wouldn't ask
you to.
No, I won't hold
the Bible as a shield
hiding behind it
dodging the bullets
pretending I don't feel
the weight of their fall.
I won't stand between feather ends
and play cowboys and Indians
Democrats and Republicans
and kneel for your every word.
I want to bring you inside me
and me into you
attach us together
so we will remember
that we are brothers and sisters
woven together by the thread
of this nation.
Last Love
A touch of your fingers
in a darkened room
angles of my body
meeting yours
this love
burden and bliss
animal and human heat
where you restore my appetite
hair falling at your feet
hands moving against the
back of your legs
tongue mood
roving there
trapped here in
the ambush
of your manhood
my lips breathing out
healing time
feasting on the liquid murmur
of honey-dew
tongues of mulled wine
sliding fire between us
soaking us into the night
kiss me where I glisten
shake my blossom from its root
hold no mercy
for my hungry heart
I love you
I love you
whispering close to your ear
unfasten me
slip me down
bite my lip
and mark me
the woman
of your heart.
I Want to Wear You
I long to wear you
like the soft scent
of your cologne
wear you like
a velvet glove
wear you like
a memory
I want to be your shirt
feel you against my skin
cotton brushing
on my breasts
your collar
kissing my neck
sleeves wrapping
around me
the tail of your shirt
tucked between my legs
tickling the
small of my back
the top of my thighs
I want to wear you
wear you,
rub against you
like a greedy cat
I want to wear you
to remind myself
just how beautiful
you make me feel.
