Two Poems

Brice Maiurro

we here by waters

we here by waters // wetfoot // sundrop //

bending bending // we sing bitter nectar // breath // levitate //

bow down // we orgy // into all // bend // towards

water // rise in // our medicine // we bring // to the flowers // of us //

altar to our altars // we move through the clouds

of us // receive //the rain // we lifted // to us

we // will go where // we welcome us // we welcome us //

where // we go // water // our water // bearing //

us // within // a womb // we womb // through the weather

we remain // made // of us // today // & today //

& today // beneath // the same sun // of us // sinking // to rise //

into // the night of us // the new moon of us // sundrop //

bending // bending // by the waters // of we

what the water gave me

after frida kahlo, after danez smith

in th e wat er i wi tnessed a vers ion of my se lf

i h ad nev er befo re wi tnessed nak ed&hone st

as my fi rst po ems but st ill as co mp licated as

my new est a bea con of bl ack li ght bu rning in

th e wat er the wat er of me al one in th e d ark

cur tain cl osed soak ed in om lo st in the lar ge

wo mb of ti me & it w as not god th at greet ed

me th ere it was no t the devil b ut just ano ther

it er ation of me sta ring ba ck a t me th ro u gh

th e enz o bro ken rip ples of my o wn sh al low

ru pt ur ing th e ol d st ory th at i h ad held f or

s o
l o ng th e e tern ity of m y pag eantry bu t

i di d no t lose mysel f th ere n o th r ou gh th e

da rk ba th wa ter i rec ogn ized an other me a

br other i n th e wo mb a tw in fl ame
of se lf

& th us th is w as no t a ny ki nd of diss o cia

ti on b ut a home coming hea vy & man tra &

al l o f the ho rses of me rus hing acr oss th e

fol ds to sa y you hav e arr ived de ar br other

bu t more yo u have al ways bee n her e wi th

us in th i s per fec t da rk ro om of a ll & a ll

wa s wel l be twee n th e heav ens&the ea rth

as i wa shed cle an th is bo dy rin sing a wa y

th e mo ment ros e ne w ou t of th e wat er &

in to a ne w li fe cha sing fa st wi th sho ulders

still we t th e memor y of thi s dr eam of no w

Author Bio

Brice Maiurro is a poet from Lakewood, Colorado. He is the Editor-in-Chief of South Broadway Press. He has authored four collections of poetry, including The Heart is an Undertaker Bee, published by Middle Creek, a publisher focused on ecologically-informed works. His work has been published by or is forthcoming with Tupelo Quarterly, West Trade Review and Planted Journal. Themes of his work include human connection, ecology, and finding the divine in the mundane.