On Ash

On Ash is a poetic journey reflecting upon a moment in life when love has all the power to give and all the power to destroy.

My dress, threadbare, clung

like a damp breeze against my heart and thighs.

sewn, wampum shells, drumbed

almost violent yet held tight against the storm.

my spirit, transcended, took upon itself

a new veracity it swelled within me and purged itself,

of me.

and embraced me and carried me

rescue.

-- Awéhadágih