<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">This Is My Heart<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">This is my heart. It is a good heart.<br class="">
Bones and a membrane of mist and fire<br class="">
are the woven cover.<br class="">
When we make love in the flower world<br class="">
my heart is close enough to sing<br class="">
to yours in a language that has no use<br class="">
for clumsy human words.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">My head, is a good head, but it is a hard head<br class="">
and it whirs inside with a swarm of worries.<br class="">
What is the source of this singing, it asks<br class="">
and if there is a source why can’t I see it<br class="">
right here, right now<br class="">
as real as these hands hammering<br class="">
the world together<br class="">
with nails and sinew?</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">This is my soul. It is a good soul.<br class="">
It tells me, “Come here forgetful one.”<br class="">
And we sit together with a lilt of small winds<br class="">
who rattle the scrub oak.<br class="">
We cook a little something<br class="">
to eat, then a sip of something<br class="">
sweet, for memory.</p><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">This is my song. It is a good song.<br class="">
It walked forever the border of fire and water<br class="">
climbed ribs of desire to my lips to sing to you.<br class="">
Its new wings quiver with vulnerability.<br class="">
Come lie next to me, says my heart.<br class="">
Put your head here.<br class="">
It is a good thing, says my soul.</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Joy Harjo</div></div></body></html>