This is my heart

This is my heart. It is a good heart.
Bones and a membrane of mist and fire
are the woven cover.
When we make love in the flower world
my heart is close enough to sing
to yours in a language that has no use
for clumsy human words.

My head is a good head, but it is a hard head
and it whirs inside with a swarm of worries.
What is the source of this singing, it asks
and if there is a source why can't I see it
right here, right now
as real as these hands hammering
the world together
with nails and sinew?

This is my soul. It is a good soul.
It tells me, "come here forgetful one."
And we sit together with a lilt of small winds
who rattle the scrub oak.
We cook a little something
to eat: a rabbit, some sofkey
then a sip of something sweet
for memory.

This is my song. It is a good song.
It walked forever the border of fire and water
climbed ribs of desire to my lips to sing to you.
Its new wings quiver with
vulnerability.

Come lie next to me, says my heart.
Put your head here.
It is a good thing, says my soul.

~ Joy Harjo ~

Nicht gesagt

Nicht gesagt

Was von der Sonne zu sagen gewesen wäre
Und vom Blitz nicht das einzig richtige
Geschweige denn von der Liebe.

Versuche. Gesuche. Misslungen
Ungenaue Beschreibung

Weggelassen das Morgenrot
Nicht gesprochen vom Sämann
Und nur am Rande vermerkt
Den Hahnenfuss und das Veilchen.

Euch nicht den Rücken gestärkt
Mit ewiger Seligkeit
Den Verfall nicht geleugnet
Und nicht die Verzweiflung

Den Teufel nicht an die Wand
Weil ich nicht an ihn glaube
Gott nicht gelobt
Aber wer bin ich dass

(M.L. Kaschnitz)