Blotting Paper

Such as blotting paper We absorb everything: Sunrise, darkness, Roses, thorns, Bitterness, Basil Lightning’s, thunders Ravens, Snakes, Worms under the bark, The bark and roots, We absorb Bread and salt, Plague, dust, ash, tar, Wound and the fire of wound, And the blood above the wound We absorb The death, the bones that a thousand Thousand years ago Recumbent motionless We absorb The rust and forgetfulness, The dried roots and rocks, The roads and intentions, The milk of our mothers, And our fingernails, Which were eroded under dirt, And dirt, what walked over, Or what walked beneath. We absorb everything But what do we give back? Written by © Fatima Nusairat