For Jayne Cortez in Memoriam

For Jayne Cortez in Memoriam

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© Marcia Wilson

A goddess departed for ancestral lands

full of fire this songbird

screaming in the night in the noon early morn

crying tears of joy at the music of life

dancing between Africa and America
making  connection real

we continue our howl in the night

a choir member departed

purple robe in hand

machine gun of words on her shoulder

warrior woman poet

a song a dance 

a scream a wonder

love is all

what else is real

a woman's touch

like a razor to the heart

you bleed but don't know it

until the blood consumes

let the blood rise to ancestor plane

for the living

the yet unborn.

--Marvin X
12/28/12
Fresno CA