Exiles and migrations

                                  — For Barbara 

Exiles and migrations, 

among us all the cover story, 

what could not be said,

what was said instead, 

while what was true was sent to basement, 

we have been shamed for our origin 

as dragons, eagles, swans, 

oxen, wolves and horses, 

speaking in tongues of the heart... 

from the depths 

emerging from our thoats 

I hear a deep, deep growl, 

from where we do remember...

—Lorena