dia de los muertos

      

All hallows.  The day when departed souls return to earth to celebrate with and be celebrated by the ones they left behind.  A beautiful tradition.  Commemorate life instead of mourning death.  Art, flowers, music, sweets, tequila, candles, memories, photos, treasures.  

A little dark, a lot of light.

Feliz dia de los muertos to you all!  

eve

the birth of language

and adam rose

fearful in the garden

without words

for the grass

his fingers plucked

without a tongue

to name the taste

shimmering in his mouth

did it become

his early lunge 

toward language

did his astonishment

surround him

did he shudder

did he whisper

eve

- lucille clifton