How Could Black Be So Black Poem by L.B. Temuco

How Could Black Be So Black



How could black be so black
marauding, dripping viscous eyes
in which so little is seen
but I hear God
I see God
as she struggles to speak
to let her words sail to me
across the table
our arms like two sleeping creatures
wanting to wake each other
When she first speaks her voice
is something undreamed
unheard, it hangs in the air
like the noise of Creation
her words came a long way
Across the Universe
Across the Universe
Her voice contains the particles of all beauty
A voice stops, lips close
the road is too long and dark
she needs the light of younger men
who rush to battle like soldiers
who know nothing
but love like warriors
breathe long flames
of fire and future
scorch everything
raze everything to ashes
but love like warriors
Make prisoners of fragile hearts
How could beautiful be so black
when the steel bell rang
and the doors slid open

Friday, July 3, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: love
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