Written by Skye Stephenson
The pain
of my daughter’s pain
infuses my brain like a flavored vodka drink
Bubbly and effervescent,
I wallow in her delusions
of what may have happened:
never spoken words
inflected on the
arcs of time.
A family curse?
Perhaps
The curse of crazy nothingness
No one else would like to hear.
Oh continent wide –
Keeper of the darkest caves, of
Ancestors’ bones cracked and decayed.
While she wonders
who is speaking
ill of her right now –
Perhaps a grandmother
From other times and places
who managed to occupy her brain
and make her go what some call insane.
But I feel not the rot is deep,
the furrows wide,
on caravans of camel hides.
Her hair is still a beautiful
chestnut brown and red, and down her lovely
back are mariposas blues.
I wish
I never knew
The infinite love
She once awoke in me,
Nourishing my deepest needs
of elements and forever seeds.
As I sit here and weep
For promises yet to keep.
Text © Skye Stephenson
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