You have forgotten me
shut me out
put up yellow tape,
“Caution,”
“No trespassing,”
“Do not enter.”
***
Entangled vines
high frequency cries
from unknown creatures
dwelling inside.
An eco-system pulsing and untouched.
***
I spread my legs wide
and peer inside
and gasp at the
light within me.
Pearly walls
butterfly wings
lotus lips.
A rabbit hole leading somewhere
I can imagine in my mind,
ecstatic
safe
snug.
***
I was born with you
and I will die with you.
Whole cultures rally shame
around your very existence.
But you are simply
just another part of me,
like a finger
a tongue
an eye.
Tools I would never consider disregarding,
so why do I disregard you?
***
If I can touch
and taste
and see,
why should I deny
that which is my life-force,
my birthright?
***
The forgotten sense,
That’s what you are.
A sense I know only
the barest surface of.
***
Slowly, I remove the tape.
April Aronoff
Such perfection and beauty.
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