Jennifer Patino

#OctPoWriMo Day 21

A cherita

No, I cannot show you my wounds because I’ve lost too many people already…

blue bulb
gives these walls
an icy glow

it’s been too long
since rejuvenating waters fell

steady we row, we walk,
we stand on sacred shorelines

last night I dreamed
of melting faces

catch a
processing breath

is the earth
breathing without difficulty yet?

I had to let go
of a life I planned for me

shaken awake
by hands of ancestors