Monday, January 21, 2013

Untitled blues poem



Blues Called This Woman

Blues as real

as the earth in my eyes


the stars in my tears

the scars on the

shapely form of tissue, muscle
and bone


the places that were invaded
and made to be war zones

where I fought back as hard as I could
and did what I could to survive

all the unseen hidden

sacred places


and the things I got tired 
of talking about
yet still live in memory

and an occasional burst of
gotta-get-this-thing-out-of-me poem
things that remain relevant

ghosts
skeletons
inspirations
incantations
songs
poems
brush strokes
blues

called this woman…



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