Embrace: Poems
by Risa Kaparo
AWAKE
like children who’ve slept with their bellies empty
rush into the streets
hungry to eat the morning
like rock quickens with tendrils of light
I’ve walked with the sun until night fell
forgetful of the reason of hours
still the road rears its head
slithers like a snake beneath my feet
midnight clings to my breast
coils its blue flesh about me
now flames of stars
lick my body
flames like mouths of women
in love
I am nothing
embrace me
even nothing can not last