2001

Marushka

dark my mother, dark she was
dark as night 
dark as sky eclipse at day 
I think she
smiled & pierced the air around with light
infused with merriment 
that only dark of night could penetrate
& only dark & light assimilate the wish of both 
to consummate, the struggle
oh, the need so great
the light, ecstatic laughs
the dark, a weight
the night
so dark
my mother light.
dark mother, dark.
dark mother ,bright.
my mother was