body

this body

home

this memory

present

this body

living

we 

breath

within the body 

of us all

body

home

here

air 

we breath

earth 

we stand upon

fire

belly that warms us

water 

in red rivers

branches

of our known universe

a tree 

nothing

outside

is really outside

its all here streaming everywhere

as I look out the window

sunlight 

its in our blood

mine 

yours

and as you come closer

possessive nouns start breaking down

falling apart and dissolving

like pacific starfish

and when you get close enough

other disappears

and nothing essential about you has fallen apart

you've become part of something larger

yet each hemoglobin is a snowflake

and snow is falling 

in your one of a kind body

each day closer

to the path of communion

-- Lorena Wolfman © 2014 (Noviembre. Berkeley/Oakland, CA)