before
life
after life
I stand by the road
and look for a home
——————————-Mirabai
she
had been raised to sing
other people's songs
but in the third morning of the new time
with the wisteria blooming outside her
kitchen window
and the shadow of the earth
about to fall upon the moon
she looked at the sky
the comet had inhabited
saw four geese fly east
heard
the telephone - ringing
the man in her house - running
up circular stairs
calling her name
and
suddenly remembered
the lips of the one who had sworn her
to silence
in dark waters
——whispering———————————————————————
----------wait for me—
—————one morning
when the children are gone
--------------------------------------------I'll
call—
————————put
on your brown sandals
----------------wrap
yourself up
————————in
your tree of life shawl
————————come
walk with me
————————————————to
devil mountain
————————————————singing
the song
- - - - - - - -- - - - - - - -- - - -- - -we
were singing before you
————————————————————were
born-
Copyright
© 2000 by Naomi Ruth Lowinsky
