Sunday, June 12, 2016

Amai

Her breath is milky with stars and violet
Ivy and wisteria hang from her thoughtful tongue 
She wraps her powerful, tree-trunk thighs around Earth's waist 
Her womb is cool, cavern depths with jade stalactites 
Her finger spread wide, verdant maple leaves, and soft 
Icy mountain rivers run between her breasts with every sigh 
Her laugh is fingers sunk and tearing strawberry flesh 
Crimson juices drip down to soil forearms and boulder elbows 
Her irises are red waterfalls of lava, her pupils cold obsidian 
Her tears are cracked pebbles of azure topaz tumbling and 
Crumbling down the mountain-sides of her elevated cheekbones 
The soft slopes of her collarbone are snowdrifts of pure powder, white 
Follicles of orchards and vineyards grow from her whirlpool mind 
Wine and water wander their way through her oaken veins 
The gradual, inviting curves of her hips serve
As a cradle for deep valleys and ravines that divide the ranges 
She is the sweet aroma of decomposing leaves and the intruding heat 
Of the unabashed and golden summer sunshine 
Her song is giggling creeks and vaporous, sighing geysers 
Her skin is soft moss, too green to be called green 
She is death 
She is life 
She is mother 
Amai 


5.17.16

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