Incense answering a yearning
to fill here now with palpable
this volume, my space decorated
in the land that harbors me
I read of Vicuna, Chile
and persimmon marmalade, kaki –
avocado on a breakfast table
validation – thoughts of the native –
wishing to be native – and traveler –
within, within, so valid
Brown men in cowboy hats
and women in bowlers
I’m braided in
my own land here in the Americas but how
here, incense, fruit, text and
alchemist moments
~ Lady