we are water

shadi reminds me that human beings are comprised mostly of water.
i say it aloud: we. are. water.

i imagine my body as the ocean
hips propel movement
waves gather
rise up
climb rib cage extend
foam hands that
colonize throat
heart bobs like a stubborn ship
avoiding whirlpool fate

as my entire being is
pulled like a marionette
by the loving moon

s.s.

lunar love(r)

your face carries moon
lineage
floats above shoulders
above houses
above cloud
eyes like two
secrets
veiled and bright
lips waning
waxing
dust song

s.s.

the sun is in your hands

a freewrite using the lyric the sun is in your hands, player from bilal's sometimes

the sun is in your hands, player.

yellow
ripe
full.
sometimes bashful
sometimes brazen

long fingers
orbiting sphere

ushering dusk
with the tilt
of a palm

i am the light you hold

s.s.

v.3 (insomnia)

in her dreams
his skin tastes like tears

her own voice wakes her up
whispering
'habibi, habibi.. where are you?'

s.s.

what the body remembers

got

my ancestors words

clawing their way up my throat

trying to get out

like a song

whose melody i can't place

s.s.