nacimiento de guerrer@ 2/2
February 3, 2011
the gemel@ de estrella
came to help
they dropped by in their own ways
but one, made of corn and moon power,
had a few more moments for a bleeding sisterbrother
…with laughter to wash to my hair
they scooped up my sacred pieces
spooned them back into my mouth
and speaking i found myself walking into another morning
.
puehr tea aged in the earth’s mouth
spirits the shape of tree roots sitting in hir tea-th
woke me up stirred my next pot of self-love
sent me to a phoenix’s door,
the only phoenix for now,
and leather sent mid-husbandwife Yo is–
ze took me in from my journey
,still rain-pleated and panting,
ze graciously took my request my offering of ignorance
offering of faith
and listened
listened for the hummingbird heartwingbeat
found it restless nesting in my sacrum
and with prayer precision
opened connection with slice
source flowed in flowed out
medicine sang in medicine sang out
lava bellowed in lava heaved out
each bloodstring for each womb my death touched touched my life
and hot sun rays shot as the phoenix talon continued to cut
star’s smallest strongest warrior wishes to fly
.
i finally gave way
to twins
.
isn’t she beautiful aren’t they beautiful?
cried the phoenix
.
yes
yes we are beautiful
blood prints para mi altar
.
smudge smudge smudge
Aho
we old and remembering it
Aho
we building a drum and remembering it
Aho
we making dances and lovin it
Aho
we singin songs and breathin it
.
scrub with salt each day after
scrub the blood with salt
for each mourning cramp
this is only the beginning.
