Bones
The dust of the earth
Raising spirit in your core
Bear the weight of God
Skin
Carry the marks of
A thousand years of curses
Cloak my tenderness
Kidneys
Light brown and speckled
Two deer poised to lick the salt
from a thousand meals
Aorta
Red arch to the sky
For a moment exalted
Then plunge- spew your blood
Heart
Cascade of our blood
Cradle all humanity
In your four chambers
Pancreas
Quiet destroyer
Ignored until you bloom big
One mass through the head
Testicles
A thousand armies.
Encased. A well-placed foot will
bring you to your knees
Lungs
Hollow near the heart
An inverted atmosphere
Outside safely in
Liver
Yellow and black bile
Into you flows all that ills.
Aquifer of the soul
Blood
Atmosphere in flux
A crimson courier
End of each deep breath
