L'Nass Shango Poet Free verse

Reason For Clarity

We have a collective memory still
Encoded in the body's text
Beyond the bland spate of tatoos
And meaningless calligraphy of the skin
We in ourselves carry that history
Inscribed in cloth and song
Uncontested as some commune
In their apologetics for wrong.
We carved wood to ensure
Distinctions as atoms make
When neutrons define in every lake
Of visions shifting dunes, a set record
No fire could burn, and time could not erase
By the substitute and strategy of the tongue
Your Alzheimer was your private burden
I always knew who you were
And even clearer, who I am.

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Dima N. April 7, 2009 at 8:47 AM Your words, allegories, feelings... eveything is simply magnificent... Thank you for your comments which led me to your poetry... Love, Dima

James Marshall Goff April 2, 2009 at 11:22 AM I love the deepest core of human feeling you uncover in this, Lnass, in this scattered world, we sometimes forget, well written, Jim

Carolyn Devonshire April 2, 2009 at 9:40 AM You define "who you are" so clearly in your poetry, Shango. Another powerful poem from the master!