Rabbit and Rose
(water)
Pictures from space show
changing face of planet
She wrinkles and dents
Recoils turning blue to brown
We map her in scars and erosions
Spinnin+g compass lost
cut me open this is my heart
I am made arteries tributaries
carrying generations of water
North Saskatchewan River to
Red River Valley of South
I empty out in warm salt Gulf
Etched on inside of skin
heart to womb I am a
cartographic map
raised keloid
Every trauma marked like
pipeline excavations
or fracking fractures
ripples through skin
vein, bone, marrow
Close your eyes
ignore blood
Read my open
flesh like braille
Pray this water inside
can still navigate me home