Today's poem is by Stephanie Adams-Santos

[Tendrils propagate from your bones]
       

Tendrils propagate from your bones,
searching for something to cling to.

If only you could pray the right way
you might reach the secret sleep
of the creator where the roses
engulf you.

If you had the right words
you could taste the whole earth
with this vacant tongue.

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Copyright © 2023 Stephanie Adams-Santos All rights reserved
from Dream of Xibalba
Orison Books
Reprinted by Verse Daily® with permission