for marlee
"and verily, I am indeed
strong."
-Qu'ran
above all, you are
fire, a smoke of blood & rage
a pillar
under the sky of
Sinai to which men offer themselves as
holocaust
and for your wake of cinders
you
weep
in the dark sketches of rooms
with no roofs
and
after your passage
we come
to transcribe the emblems
of ash and ember you
have left upon the walls
though you rend & boil at
the water hidden
in your ribs
we know
when the sky
falls
you will
hold
it
up
tears
like medallions
in your blazing
eyes.
31 January 2014
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