Phoenix-heart
By Genevieve Joy Breitbach
did you know
tears are made of d i ff'rent stuff
when sprung from love
or forged in hate
?
I love
the way a human leaves liquid stars
dangling on the rise of their cheekbone
a breath longer when they’re happy
melting the molecules
into their flesh
healing hearts
from the inside out
it’s the magic potion from our salted blood -
a relief, a joy or curtain of disappointment
emotion
grinds away the Past
& pushes the present into ...……
Focus.
I love
the fresh spice of old wounds
thought lost,
when healing words are spoken, that tickle
awake
then seal together into wholeness;
oysters enclosing a new pearl of wisdom
that can take a breath of
sea water,
sprouting a mermaid tail to
swim the endless sea
of human emotion
there are those who don’t believe
someone can ever heal
their past
d o n ’ t listen to
those fools
that would have you believe you are nothing but a
roughhewn clod of
fleshy earth.
You are fluctuating endlessly—
A swarm of
being, soul, and mind
that transforms your body, your heart--
that glove your soul wears to brush
the earth...
for what terrifies them
is that you
A R E
C
H
A
N
G
E
Pure energy molecules bouncing
off chandelier
diamonds;
teardrops of the world
around you.
Each breath of forgiveness
Makes you whole.
