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February 22, 2005
Your flesh, My bones............................for Laura Brown
I am hungry mother,
My belly aches,
i sit at the kitchen table
Waiting for you,
Watching my bowl of soup,
Pieces of bread,
But the hallway is empty
I am taller now mother,
Carrying your face on my head,
You never saw my breasts
The pink soft flesh, my brown nipples
My tenderest skin, between my legs
Has bled, for I am a woman now, your girl
I am a wife now mother,
Claimed by a man, I am a caretaker,
I pick up his laundry, cook him dinner
Iron his shirts, and make little conversations
At the dinner table,
The way you did , with a smile on your face,
He is as tall as the man you left
He has seen my breasts
And penetrated me, between my legs,
Crawled on me like a reptile
And lapped on my skin with his tongue, and cock
I have accepted him
The way you did, with a smile on your face
He is as distant , as the man you left
I am hungry mother,
Yet I can not eat
I open the doors of his house
The windows, yet I can not breathe
My breasts have faded, my skin reveals my bones
While I try to find my face in pictures you left
I cut you from me-- your flesh, my bones
I am hungry mother
With your eyes sinking in my face,
I tell myself, I am in control,
Holding my intakes,
But he breaks my fast, violates my regimen
While i crouch and tremble
the way you did, with a smile on my face
He is as kind as the man you left
I am hungry mother
With a question that fill my days
A question you can answer,
Did it get better after you left
Did the hunger go away
Posted by Idinraha at February 22, 2005 11:48 AM
Comments
Wow! Very powerful! What in the world inspired you to write this!!!!
Posted by: Maryam at February 22, 2005 11:09 PM
well, sis most of my inspiration comes from close observation of people arround me, and its not just one person, but accumilations of the pains I see in others. thanks for caring, incidently this piece won a prize at FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY, and has been accepted in their archives
Posted by: Idinraha at February 23, 2005 12:16 PM