Tuesday, December 17, 2013

if you wanted to know my spirit



if you wanted to know my spirit
i'd give you a jar and say:
mix all my paints with water
turn me mud-brown, mutt-like
let no one know where i'm from by sight

call me a gorgeous indistinguishable everything
call me singing hallelujah off tune
call me just like you: special matter, transmuting 
unable to untangle 
all these pigments
and roots

hallelu
hallelu
hallelu


1 comment:

Sandra said...

beautiful. i especially love the opening line. if you wanted to know my spirit. just lovely.