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for summer and for love
one place at a time | she stands center | the place of beginnings
the yard is full | of weeds and overgrown trees | everyday tomorrow
how can you love | so many beautiful people | and still feel alone
misses her daughters | ones she never birthed | those made by blood and spirit
little white dog barks | hello goodbye don’t leave me | a familiar voice
we miss the rain’s voice | joined with winds sweet symphony | we pray your return
our city has voice | sings in tires on pavement | sirens in distance
a voice that hurts | your ears cannot hear beauty | in caterwauling
a map of dreams | thirteen moons on turtle’s back | day count twenty-eight
so vulnerable | without her padding | she seeks out protection
whales tell of water | song lines of deepest ocean | great great grandmother
webbed spidery | her skin doesn’t seem hers | not her body
the road home windy | surprising in its beauty | cherished past places
waiting to go | wishing to stay where you are | beam me over
people too quick | to judge one another | but claim to believe in peace
grow into a man | we need your strength as equals | no more little boy
journeys full circle | remembering when we were | so young in spirit
everyday challenge | walk in the ways of ancestors | survive bravely
easy to take care | of others loved and cherished | not so much ourselves
don't be downed by life | beauty is all around us | despite all the waste
listen messages | of all our relatives | sent from the beyond
in every stem and flower | every leaf of every tree
aging can be hard | you said not for the weak | I give thanks for life
voices never leave | my head is filled with wisdom | yours and ancestors
hope you're dancin' | this honey moon’s just for you | your first not here birthday
move past the fear | of embracing what you know | deep in your heart
the blood of my blood | does not yet exist | may never be
life's flow slowed down | a month that seemed like a year | healing emotions
she of earth and spice | lights one hundred candles | lends her voice for peace
her little girl songs | overflow with happiness | waterfall lyrics
total denial | is in command of the ship | she's gone off course
poems copyright © 2014 Odilia Galván Rodríguez.
All Rights Reserved.
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