Poems

History-Geography

No one is the first to set foot on any soil
You're always borne by souls who passed before
Time was, gods and goddesses
were alive just like you
Their strengths and weaknesses flow through you
into the earth
trodden underfoot by the procession
of the mortal dead
 
Granted some of you are my history
yet not my geography
Geography is the name of those who occupy the land
and it takes heart to stay
 
I stayed in my geography with my dead
Yet you denied your very self
Turned official, emptied of truth
 
I stayed in my geography with my life
to write my own history