How to Capture Happiness and Make It Last for AML
Squeeze tightly
hands and face pray always using hands, on
knees
As if by osmosis
will my blood to dance
Sing because I
am holding happiness
Weave our
stories together baskets
Tapestries,
quilt our lives in cotton canvas (use
strong thread, sharp needles,
With the sea and
your smell trapped in vibrant
colours)
Layers of fibres
that make chords to tie me
To you and you
to me tight tight
With space
enough for growth and life
Laughter and the
teeth of many mouths
Many smiles I
have captured in my eyes
In my hands in
my mouth for the pot
For your mouth
we share all chili cumin
Coriander
cardamom cinnamon cloves a
life in spice, in flavours, in joy
Seared into skin
and fingertips branding
By scent and
love and fire the pages of
My recipe book
splattered with me there
is no book like memory
Splattered with
you happiness captured
In meals in the lines on your face in
mine (my
lines recording happiness,
I have it well saved stored cachéd to
splash recording
you)
On skin like favourite perfume and dance
Sing because I have forever happiness
captured Come
share, come
I will hold it squeeze it tight tight for
it is mine. celebrate
with me!
October 20, 2008 MBSM
