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response
with apologies to erykah badu
i want to walk up behind you and
kiss you on your neck
but
in this earthly shell
i can only reach that spot
between your shoulder blades
i walk up behind you and
kiss you there
and i am a butterfly
making love to every inch of you
exactly as god made you
a beautiful tapestry of
light and dark and light and dark and
i am the tickle that you feel right now
i could be divine and bring water to your mind
but i’d rather bring you earth
the soil from the garden where
adam and [st]eve once lived
the dirt between the toes of the free ancestors
the mud on the clothes of the enslaved
the clay from mississippi riverbeds
the soil from gardens of our grandmothers
the sand from the playgrounds and the beaches
the dirt roads you drive over
the dust that clogs my lungs
i bring earth to your mind and it
warms
soothes
nurtures
protects
it lives
it inspires
it is
me
it is
you
you and me
are divine
i give you earth and kiss you
from the inside
Posted by Rashid on December 11, 2005 9:00 AM