the soul has a tough heart

Carrie Leigh, photographer

the soul has a tough heart

lyrical, loving, yes

but more

the soul is unknowing in its hunger

some secret song without an agnus

with a list of  hungers beyond mercy

that heart is known and unknown

to the mind, the soul-mirror

the words, the songs

or the soul's singer

the tough soul, the survivor

beyond flesh

and sex

and time

i, yes, i

release myself

from feckless words

that veil flesh and pure nakedness

i now i

lift my veil

revealing,

singing

credo 

flesh beyond time

i

release shed the veil

releasing

my breasts, 

my nipples and loins,

my quiver of legs and hair,

released !

from white cloth draping

and classical aping,

i, yes, i

will scrape the shaman's skin

of his mythic filigree

i know

my tough soul

is what he

desires from me

i release myself then

to the hot heaven

of my own desire