today, choose us
— huiying b. chan
my love, we have traversed too many waters
to sink this ship now   my love, we have known
longer voyages on seas where we forgot
the soft embrace of soil on knees   my love,
we have helmed too many storms to run from
raindrops thundering from caverns now   my love,
the last time you allowed your craters to be caressed
you quivered like aspen trees   there was no wind
just eyes   & the brush of hands against hull   & even though
the lighting of flames is distant memory, there is too big
a flock cawing you forward to turn back now   here,
take this blanket   don't let your skin eat itself
dry   even tossed peanut husks are sustenance for snails  
there are still deer waiting to greet you in city forests
& park meadows when you set sail   ancestors
whose names & knots have yet to be undone   let melted earth
dust meld with your unnamed skin   darling, the softest
part of you is   everywhere   monarchs dare brush. 
 
About huiying b. chan:
huiying b. chan aka Dandelion (he, him, keoi ) is a poet, ceremonialist, reiki practitioner, and educator from Brooklyn, NY on Lenape Land. he writes to connect with the unseen and unspoken, so we can feel and heal. huiying's work is published in Best New Poets 2021, The Offing, The Margins, and elsewhere. you can read more of his poetry at: dandelionspeaks.com and connect with him at: huiyingbchan.com.
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