crown

this is what i breathe

into the top of your head

your crown

aquatic memory

into the top of your head

where dreams descend

aquatic memory

blowhole opportunity

where dreams descend

and live on earth

blowhole opportunity

to be your life

and live on earth

as if the earth was for you

this be your life

this

      be my love

as if the earth was for you

your crown

this be my love

this is what i breathe

Mama caught this photo of my dad breathing a blessing right into the top of my head. Soft spot of memory. My face in this picture resonates with how I feel today. PMS during #negrosolstice. Pout of a girl who knows that she is loved. The part mama combed between my afro-puffs, portal where dreams come to earth. Path through the tangled places. For the past 21 days I have been limiting my salt intake, clearing a path for more ancestral love to come through, helping myself release whatever deposits have collected from uncried tears and holding it together. If what is within is less dense than what surrounds me, I can float. (Some of y’all hear the aquatic version of your favorite Song of Solomon quote in there.) What do you need to release? I listened to “Let it Go pt.2” by the Beautiful Chorus this morning and allowed their ocean of repetition to unclench me. Those are the only words to the song “let it go.” For me, this is the solstice of the clear path. Not accumulation of powers or skills, but simple release of anything that would block the love shining through. Our superpower is being here, despite everything, as everything. Our superpower is presence, the presence of multitudes in our every breath. The prayers they breathe into our crowns perpetually. The superpower of a beloved scalp moisturized. The portal of every pore cleared. The prayer of your perfect pout, remembered whale spout, let the salt out.

P.S. My every day writing practice shapes my days into vessels for generations of love. If you want support with your own daily creative practice, I’d love to be part of your journey. This is the Stardust and Salt Daily Creative Practice Intensive.