Incipient / Ash


spark
as the first drop of blood 
hits hallowed land
they stand 
heart emotionless
towards those that move
in rhythm with the earth 
rooted to stay at one with her
 
they stand
they conquer
and through generations
we suffer but defy the pain
and continue to muster
the breath to just be

she stands in shadows
she hears the beat and connection
but is too interrupted for a shared pulse 
the roots are forced to duplicate stagnant wounds

they stand 
and we have no resting
they stand 
and we still lay gasping
at air rich in iron and the 
mocking stare of the child left behind

She 
invisible/visible
they 
stand not recognizing her
they 
stand not weary of 
her 
knowing smile 
they 
stand arrogantly consumed in forever days 
of bloodlust, lashings, brutality,
denial, and a systematic reproach of the 
thin thread of sway she abides to the earth

she 
stands by the side of the road
she 
speaks past the warning she is told
and the spark growing blood orange ambers
in her veins manifest the origin of the last fire
making the downward spiral to degraded soil

blood feeds the fire
winds lash temporal skin 
trees crack open with shorten cries
she rages a fine brutality 
systematically delivering land 
out of deceptive borders 
they no longer hold space to stand 
weary 
forced back into the ocean

she 
lays on torched land
soft rains raise hidden minerals
smoldering and glowing
she 
is feared by many 
lost in their distress distrusting this
new formed terrain

the few knowing
cultivate her 
connecting her veins 
deep into the newly birthed soil
placing remaining ambers 
of the last fire 
in protective covens

they dance gentle on her body
and sing a mocking 
of the beat that connected us all
so few generations ago

she 
rest
she 
is moist
she 
is devoted to those knowing

she 
lays new seeds
to give and forgive 
all that slowly
stand in the view holding 
the thickening thread of sway 

her 
final release is a vow 
to never let another drop of blood 
hit hallowed land.

N. Masani Landfair is a visual artist and poet.

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