Volume 5 | Issue 1 | April - May
2011 |
You and I
Joneve Mc Cormick
I know, from dreams, we played with Minos,
ran in Minoan marathons
and later met on Everest,
spying for different queens.
When did we first meet?
It was yesterday, this life;
you harpooned me from across another room,
love and lust penetrating in equal measure.
You wait now for me to do your will,
then go about your business.
Again you tell me not to dream,
you need your freedom.
I can give that now before you need it,
skipping all that was in-between.
I love freedom too, in my nest as well as out.
We have said hello-goodbye many times.
When the untold suffering to come
propels humankind-in-need to find new ways,
maybe you will see me whole
when we meet up.
Joneve Mc Cormick - Joneve McCormick lives and works in Manhattan as a freelance writer and translator. Over the years she has published her poems, articles and short stories in various publications and online.
