Earth Woman
Earth woman
no illusions this time
your body does not grow old,
holds back time.
a fire inside keeps
your skin alive and your eyes
what?
pierce and capture
clinging to shadows
bathed in the moonlight
there can not be
another
and now we face things as one body
my hands on your stomach
and our eyes looking ahead
Earth woman
who leaps
and holds on to the dance
it is impossible to bury you
from your mouth comes air
and your fingers give light
.
Published in Broadsheets 7/Agenda poetry journal Vol. 42 No. 2
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