Monday, October 27, 2008

Thus Saith the Lorde

I am writing these words as a route map
an artifact for survival...

History is not kind to us
we restitch it with living
past memory forward
into desire
into the panic articulation
of want without having
or even the promise of getting.

And I dream of our coming together
encircled driven
not only by love
but by lust for a working tomorrow
the flights of this journey
mapless uncertain
and necessary as water.

-Audre Lorde

1 comment:

Beth said...

blessed be her name her kingdom come her will be done on earth as it is in heaven...

Thank you thank you. i told Kriti my theory of magic books, Crystal my belief in Audre's super powers - books that give you just what you need when you need it or provide fulfillment of a want before you even know how to gather it and name it, like the i ching or a tarot deck like i've never seen. So, right after last night's writing prompt of "I want..." Audre teaches...

the panic articulation of want lust for a working tomorrow history is not kind to us we restitch it with living past memory forward into desire. an artifact for survival flights mapless uncertain necessary as water

- yeah, just needing to type that.

much love alexis!