Drawing by Judith Wolfe

EMILY DOBSON /

Two Poems



      I

      I am my own forever.
      though everything seems to tell me that
      I am not,
      I am.
      Born out of time,
      shaped by circumstance;
      it seems I owe myself to things not
      of myself.
      And yet I am my own,
      forever.

      I like the relativity of human existence!

      Am I
      alone, then?

      Every moment away from you
      gives me strength to face you again.
      Although withdrawal from you
      Is sometimes hard,
      it liberates.

      Am I my own?
      It doesn't do to question

      II

      Come dance on the beach with me,
      Come laugh in the sand, and feel
      the divinity of skin
      lit by flame.
      Come do this and I shall know
      That you love me.

      We are born of the earth,
      We shall know it's breath as our own,
      Feel it's throbs as the beat of our heart,
      See the course of our blood as an echo
      Of something eternal.

      Rejoice in the need,
      Love the submission.

      Only through imperfection
      Can perfection be attained.


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