Nana

As soon as we turn

I feel your presence

I remember all the anticipation

For the bus to pull up

Spit out its cargo

And breath

Now, it is our turn

We climb the great steps

And wind across a landscape

Dotted with the dreams

Stubborn folk

Visitors

Ancestors

Can you remember those days?

Do you remember that dance?

What secrets lie

Yet to be uncovered?

Who are you now?

Free from the chains

Of a mind

Riddled with an intensity

Women are denied?

Come with me,

Let’s journey again

Mind to mind

We will love

Our littles

And our bigs

We remember all

We forgot too

But our bones

Own us

Our blood

Is poetry

Time for us

Here among the bodied was short

But our journey

Infinite art

Letters, numbers, love unfettered.

Ever test passed.

 

Pehiw – Awakening 2022