to be me

i wish to be a butterfly.

i wish to ride the bare back horse
on vast and open greens -
wind blowing in my hair.

i wish the crackling fire beside,
below night sky -
a distant drum in the air.

the shimmering water of the stream
the silent singing night
the shadows of the trees alive
now that the trees sleep tight

i wish to touch.
yes the true touch.
hesitant, but
not very much.

the mud, the earth,
the bark, the skin,
the ripples, and the glow.
Her surface varied such!

the touch that tells
of inside spells -
a song hidden
under the skin.

i wish to smell
Her inside smell -
where i do find
that i do dwell.

to tribal be
to animal be
in earth rejoice -
to simply be.

i wish ...

~ vani murarka

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