Monday, January 25, 2010

ancestral remedy

ancestors
anchors
chorus
of singing blood

see me now
hear me now
this heart beating
this sacrifice
fruiting remedies

in you i live
in you i die
offers of remembrance
carry these prayers
let them congeal
return them flowing

a sacrificial fruit
a sacrificial plant
a swirl of smoke
a circle of ash
a menstrual knife
a drop of blood
a prayer on these lips

what is my life
if not yours?
what is my life
if not sacred?
what is my life
if not a sacrifice?
what is my life
if not bound in blood?

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