They say We should pay Market rents That our lives Are Subsidised I am the one With the tortoise eyes Hooded and quiet My muscles slip away Into the broken bed A body harnessed to The extraction of wealth The … Continue reading
He saw
Between the gaps
Of the womb door
A battle with death
A stand off
A show of strength, carnivalesque
Fearful of….Unknowing
Eyes closing
Trigger finger itching, proclaiming victory
Spaghetti western posturing
Missing the point of infinity…
So close!
The possibility that Birth’s explosion could be a witnessing
Of the meeting place
The tipping point
Supported by her thighs
Feet rooted to anchor, on any ground
Emerging from waves of power
That portal where Life and Death
Circle and dance, ecstatic and savage
Become one, unseparated
Crow caws this truth, as she sees it
Proclamation of victory, unnecessary
Dominique Santos 2014
Walking in the city
I hear Our Mother, deep mystery
Anyway.
Vibrating beneath the tarmac
And in the cracks
Of pocket sized woods
The rhythms of 2000 years of human habitation, the river flowing through it.
Appealing to a Crow
One morning, Early Autumn (I am drowning)
Though still listening
Walking by, in Springtime
He appears again, Crow Man against the Grey
Magpie flies past
While Swallow dances on a sweatshirt
Sweet Andorinha!
I may not remember the loving embrace of community built on respect
But I know it, deep in my bones
This knowing has called forever,
Set on the edges of Kalk Bay winter,
Slipping in and out of Alberton false awakenings,
I was scared, but held my breath
Letting go into darkness
Anyway.
And when I woke up
Morning light reminded me that I was…
Still Alive
Infused with this power
Unafraid and willing
To keep Moving
Steady Running
Sometimes Pausing
Always heading to the Source
Sure that in the balance of this light and the darkness that loves it,
I wake up
And become
A shining light
In the World
Initiation Songs 