dear shaman

by Robin Wyatt Dunn / January 15th, 2023

my friend
she needs help
to be healed

like you might step out into the rain
the continent gone
but the grass and air still there
holy

like you might remember her
never having seen her

as you might seize over the wind
your hair
striated flesh
netting the night

please accept this petition
that even as the wires of the clouds
spread apart and converge
your eyes like hers
solder for the shrine of the earth
her body endowed standing
arched slow
should be made whole

Robin Wyatt Dunn was born in Wyoming in 1979. You can read more of his work at www.robindunn.com. Read other articles by Robin.

This article was posted on Sunday, January 15th, 2023 at 8:00am and is filed under Poetry.