Between Earth and Sky by Lisa De Castro

Wrapped in a form-fitting gown of flesh

I stand

A collection of parts

A mosaic

Bone framed 

My ancestors left relics

In the chambers of my heart

I’ve yet to see them

But I know they are there

I’m wired with blue strings 

They stretch as I curve around them

My form

A mahogany guitar

Whose sound

Caresses the open space

Sends a breeze through billowing white silk

Across the universe

Airbound 

My spirit meets you

In some desecrated, sacred space

While grains of the earth sift through me

A temporal hourglass

You and I toss clouds into the ether

In unleashed moments

An untouchable epoch

Time clicks

My spirit returns

To this flesh

Awaiting resurrection 

From this earthly saudade