Poem for tamar

My sister
Walks in the jungle
On this clear night.

Tonight, she can hear
The earth speak
The language forgotten
By city life.

My sister
Sits on a leaf
Until the day
Will break open

The song in her heart.
Did you ever see a butterfly
Stay in its velvet shell?

My sister
Walks in my heart
In the clear mind

I can hear her breath
In my veins
In my sleep

She walks the words
Out of me
Green and alone
Like the earth
She can hear.

Berkeley,California
26/10/04