Our Bodies Blossom

Our Bodies Blossom
© Surazeus
2024 04 30

When life stirs in fertile womb of the sea 
our bodies blossom with hope of the Earth 
as she delights in how our souls evolve 
four hundred million years from eager fish 
to wingless angels singing dreams of light 
in global choir that thrills her heart with love. 

Sipping tea at glass table with her husband 
at small cafe beside the river park, 
Kathy rests hand on her belly and smiles 
with glowing pleasure to feel in her womb 
new spirit blooming from light of the world, 
and hums while watching sparrows flit in trees. 

Each new body born from mother of life 
is reincarnation, again in flesh, 
of immortal soul programmed in our genes 
that first evolved near hydrothermal vents 
from rings of carbon coiled in strands of code, 
so we have been alive since dawn of time. 

Caressing soft petals of the red rose 
that emanates sweet scent of humble joy, 
Kathy relishes strawberry parfait 
while Ha-yoon plays dreamy Moonlight Sonata 
that beams enchanting aura on the street 
as cars with gold lights gracefully glide by. 

First Mother Egg of our immortal soul, 
who spawned all forms of life that thrive today, 
still dreams in every plant and animal 
through conscious vision of atomic cells 
that pulse with primal passion of desire 
to savor joy of existing in form. 

Pondering name she will bestow on her child 
who begins to dream now inside her womb, 
Kathy whispers Kassandra or Katrina, 
but leaps to her feet in startled surprise 
when man she escaped from six years before 
aims pistol at her heart and fires a shot. 

Curling down to shield her womb with both arms 
while spinning away to roll on the ground, 
Kathy closes her eyes to hide from Death 
who leaps in front to guard his pregnant bride 
so the bullet pierces his chest instead, 
while two men tackle the man with the gun. 

Holding hands with Death who lies on the bed 
to heal from the gunshot wound to his chest, 
Kathy tearfully smiles as he opens his eyes 
and shows new-born Kassandra to her father 
who smiles with joy his wife and child are safe, 
then hums as her eyes gaze into his soul.