the same kind of whateverA Poem by Marie Anzalonemeditation on theme of "connection." First of a few on this theme. For our homework in the Casa los Altos poetry club.I. Thank
you: for
being the kind of man who
understands the value of
adversity, and,
the shared intimacy of
reading the same books.
Thank
you, for
these years of days that
we measured in gratitude, in daily salutations, in acceptance of
the complexity we found: interlocking
geometric states, whale song, and metamorphosis.
Thank
you, for these nights we
spend in our own beds, in
our own homes; walking a dream
space between dwellings, to
meet in the middle of
some large open field of
that other time. Where
we lay each other safely
down in a warm living
highland sea populated
by grains and flowers that
this country never knew.
II. It
is true- when we pull on
the thread of any one thing, we
find it anchored in
the heart of
every other thing. To weave you
into the design of this
tapestry we call life, I must
include the details even of
the tables where
your obligations take their
meals and partake of
your company.
I
am grateful for the way you
reached deep into my mind before
you ever thought about
my breasts; I am in
awe of the manner with which your
intelligence explored my
body before you ever so
much as touched my
hand.
There
are some intimacies that
reach a woman’s core far
deeper than
any single body part of
any physical lover, could
ever touch.
III. Thank
you, then. For
also being the kind of man who
understands the value of
separateness, even at that
inexplicable juncture where
spirits find their own
threads not
just intertwined, but
made from
the same fibers harvested
the same day from
the same kind of
whatever that was.
And
thank you, too, for
the honesty, of
not loving me enough. Freeing
me to
carve my own path, find
some version, for
my own keeping, of what you
cannot give me, in
this time, this place.
Thank
you for
the shared adversity that
is teaching me the
patience of
the swan who has lost © 2017 Marie AnzaloneAuthor's Note
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1 Review Added on November 6, 2017 Last Updated on November 6, 2017 AuthorMarie AnzaloneXecaracoj, Quetzaltenango, GuatemalaAboutBilingual (English and Spanish) poet, essayist, novelist, grant writer, editor, and technical writer working in Central America. "A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to ta.. more..Writing
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