This week's piece is a visual art/poetry collaboration. I gave the initial lines of this poem to collaborator Christian Gering who worked on art that he felt embodied the poetry. See more of his art @ www.christiangering.com
Corona
beer or virus
killers of livers
lungs
longevity
life purpose
Corona
“crown” en español
symbol of colonizer’s destiny manifested
globe infected
pandemic ignored
not-so-covid operation
dissecting
commodifying
all that is within
and
on
Mother’s Earth
unlike surgeon’s scalpel
this infectious quest claiming no intention to heal
Corona
La Rona
SARS-CoV-2
miniscule RNA sequence bringing down double-stranded DNA world
(distinct from Ebola, H1N1 and others who have tried)
has huddled humanity
stopped a world of speed
stripped us of the
“social”
into just
“being”
“being”
Corona
COVID
“Mr. 19”
Plague ‘20
lurking in the shadows
longing for host
looking
4
way
in
2
lungs
Bringing
us
2
our
knees
tears
suffering
pain
Bringing
us
2
our
knees
prayerful
grateful
humbled
Corona,
brothers and sisters
is our 3-day Hogan healing, and we sit collectively in its first night
brothers and sisters
is our 3-day Hogan healing, and we sit collectively in its first night
This is Ceremony
This is Beautyway*
This is Enemyway*
This is Hozho*
This is Cleansing
This is Renewal
This is Healing
*Beautyway and Enemyway are names for traditional Navajo Ceremonies. Hozho is a Navajo concept invoking “peace, balance, harmony”
The depth of feeling, the deep empathic connection expressed here in both poetry and art gives me and all of us hope. But not only that, also a connection that exists between all life on this our Mother.
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