La Dama del Norte

La Dama del Norte

la dama del norte

her impulses meaning something

or nothing at all

her penchant for dirt roads

going slow over montaña amor

talking santos with santeras

y colcheras

the faith in arte painting her

santa Librada corazón

her lessons of doing right

after acknowledging wrong

weighing storms before falling love

comes down to the ground

to get out

of the rain

boom boom boom

thunder beckons the strong arm of tenderness

gentle hand embrace to feel

one more essence in someone else

the connection never lost

when found wandering

different paths on parallel planes

stepping off hot rocks and life experiences

the intention in never wanting

what could not be given freely

la dama del norte

stepping up firme on brown earth

the many gardens she traveled

in visions seeking soft grass havens

her luz en maize beauty

blending her heart and soul

into the arms of another lover

remembering like water for chocolate

recipes de

chili rojo y homemade tortillas

stepping up game in cuatro leches cake

sweet inclinations cooking

en la concina de la dama

how good she could feel

when really being held

waiting on one more word

to ponder summer monsoon rain beats

stirring abuelitas from above slumber

taking notice of their granddaughter

on her life mission to do them right

in this ever after

she carried in her heart

rubbing to keep alive

any dna memory of tierra madre

deliberate in relating adobe serenade

sweethearts holding hands in fiesta dances

grace intertwined fingers of knowers

breathing breeze and song

reaching around waists of familiarity

barely touching palms coasting in air

boleros y love songs

a soundtrack she swayed

while baking her smiles left inside

she prayed to the surface to be found

one more time in this relieved lifetime.

c/s