I was born from The
Leaving
before I could walk I
had travelled across the oceans
my father's diaspora in
my veins
my mother's exclusion
in my youth I was a
dancing light
a chatter of
storytelling
like a changeling found
within an urban landscape
always aware that I was
part of a place I could never return
and so I wandered
and I was joined by
gods and goddesses
by nymphs and satyrs
by fools and poets
we sang to astounding
stars
nectar upon our lips
heat within our thighs
a drum in our hearts
yet the dark water
overflowed me
and I swallowed my
fire's ochre tears
as the thieves took all
they wished
my execution forgotten
in their damp hands
this city wanted me to
pray
it did all it could to
put my head to the ground
I cannot reinvent
myself
not now
not until the wind
comes in the horse's mane
for I have gone far
away and noone looks for me
I, unembraced for so
long
yearning for a soothing
kindness
Love is a ravenous
creature tearing the soul
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