NEED WE

Who wouldn't happy want to be ?
Who sorrows would want to often see ?
Gladly, to happy be, I would pay a fee.

Creatures all, glad wish to be; seek they glee.
Always, peace, happiness, n health seek We.
Love n care from our own, need we.

Armin Dutia Motashaw

The boiling egg overflows
The emaciated carcass expels the residue of what remained from its skeletal cracks.
The foul indignation pours into my thoughts at the audacity of
What has been imposed
I lay quietly as the seams of my skull expand and then contract to the heat of the blood pulsating furiously through my black veins
I run my fingers through my coarse hair, uneven, and abrasive to the touch. Defiant to be reckoned with.
Strong willed
Wild and free
I am reminded in haste that your eyes are offended by the coils of my tree
But I remind you of the truth,
That you are from deep within the core of me.
You ripped me from sacred ground but you have forgotten that I am
The seed.
You have worked diligently to reject and defile me, but I am your
Reflection that you choose to not see.
In elimination of the self, you have emptied the soul.
Tears stain the red clay from which gave birth to me
But I am here in this native land that you have pilfered.
I am a discarded pawn, an orphan with no root that will embrace me
The regret should come as the present teacher. Not as the dead
Reminder
I rise, but to your flagrant occasion
I covet the bone straight dead threads on top of my head.
I ask for forgiveness to all that came before.
They lie in my shame
I pick up the keys and head for the office
It’s only Tuesday
I secretly smile as I am reminded
You Were
You Are
And You Will Always
Be Me

don't worry about those insignificant ones
that think they know you
understand you
want to associate with you
they aren't important
what's important
is you
and don't you forget it

honestly
do what you love
and only what you love
follow your heart always
love apologetically
love freely
love you

I look at you
and note
the way your shoulders extinguish the sleepy light
your freckle sitting just so
below unaware taunt lips
your eyes
like any other
not worthy of weak knees and blooming cheeks
your jaw
jutting arrogantly,  
as though (impossibly) aware
of the slow furling burn
that is so sweetly
turning me to dust