BLUE
A re-run from NaPorWriMo 2022
After Joni Mitchell's Blue
For Metzliban
Blue. skies. seas. mountains.
Songs. my life’s soundtrack.
Are. memory and saudade all mixed into one.
Like. opening a time capsule to any day of all the suns I’ve lived.
Tattoos. are secrets. body codices in blue-black.
You. are in my blood that flows outward from the river of ancestor DNA.
Know. this, I will never forget you even when I forget everything else.
I’ve. been on the constant road. And I’ve been still. I possess the will to live.
Been. too blue to get up and leave. But I will be on the road soon as the stars begin to bloom. Again. maybe tomorrow.
To. remember you all I need to do is listen to the wind the bluebirds calling in the distance.
Sea. a blue symphony. Dedicated to and from mother earth. her waves keep time with creation’s rhythms.
Before. you came along my life was so poor. You gave me everything I didn’t know I needed.
Poem is Copyright © 2022 Odilia Galván Rodríguez.
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