Ancestral Magic

“Your energy brings to mind rivers The kind that flows between oceans And carves it’s way through currents I could make river ends of your shoulders Waterfalls of your spine And form pools at the small of your back Plant new life In the space where your thighs meet Summon earthquakes that begin In the place where your rivers become seas Etch my name onto your most secret places Linger there until you are weary Until you hear the ancestors call you Until you are faint And breathless And awestruck Lick you clean of the remnants of my love notes I could lose track of time creating masterpieces of prose on your skin Until all that remains Of your ache Are my ink stains On your bed sheets.

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Written by Brittney Roquemore