“please call me by my true name so i can wake up,”*
i’m a whore i’m a bitch
there’s a whole lot more words
i’m a goddess i’m a Saint
that will break your back
the monks named me Daya
the compassionate one
this compassion breaks my heart daily
a homeless cat
a homeless dog
the homeless
the homelessness
it’s raining today
tears from the sky
bring the maudlin out of mebring on the sun
sun rays to pierce the heart
this cycle, of recycling
again and again
rain falling
on pink petals
into the ground
a final burial
for my unborn child
genie nakano, 1 .14 .23
i am…
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4 responses
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Thank you hnnn what new world?
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I’ve been thinking too much so I started meditating more.
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Thank you for your comment — thought provoking–wondering what you are thinking.
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Thank you sharing your thoughts and expressing it in your art form, so thought provoking…..your word opens a world new to me. Always interesting.
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