THE MATRIARCH

Like finely chiseled leather
forming symmetrical patterns
Soft furls drape her muscle
gristle and marrow-rich slender bones
Still supple like soft ground
Gentle crevices holding ageless secrets

Like tributaries of the Euphrates
vibrant blood-pulsing veins
throb beneath their weathered binding
wending their course
throughout the universal network
Feeding the old and the new

Like the planetary clock
her heart mirrors strong with conviction
sending code words for a dynasty
Seed-cells double quadruple infinity
offspring branch uncountable tendrils
reared and set free

Manifesting the vision of the Matriarch


©Sojourner Kincaid Rolle
All Rights Reserved

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