Song for Ana Mendieta

Song for Ana Mendieta - The New Spring

It was springtime

When you went out into the forest

It's true what they said

You never needed anybody's help

You took the wax from the candles

And poured it unto your skin

I still can't believe you would go

And do that to yourself

I'm happy and waiting

I'm happy and waiting

I'm still writing my poetry underneath the moon

For a year you were gone

But I got your letters

I took out the best part and now

I'll sing it to you

If we were to imagine a dessert

It would have thousands of mirrors

If we were to imagine our hearts

It would sound just like our feet

If we were to imagine our children

They would be dressed up in little bowties

If we were to imagine a new body

It would have the shape of a tree

If we were to imagine a perfect life

It would just go on forever

If we were to imagine a new body

It would have the shape of a tree

You're like a prayer for rain

That is answered with a promise of flood

You're like a longing for peace

That is answered with a promise of blood

When the time is right

When the planets align

I will carry your remains

And bury them out in the yard

Out among all the rosary bushes

I am walking around

Like an elephant out in the yard

We remembered free strongest sound

We are waiting for someone to stand up

And wave to us now

All the skeletons underneath the floorboards

Are thinking of someone who stood up

And waved to them

Like your sacrifice could ever be enough

When you promised the world

You would never look up

At the faded white ribbon

The moon's yellow light

That is pulling the blankets from Saturday nights

Then

Unraveling slowly a scene in the dark

You were thinking of someone

Who called out to you in the dark

Me my thoughts are flower strewn

Aglow at night like wild balloons

The evenings last conversation

Always heads for the moon

On the night sky we tumble and meet

But in the morning we always land on our feet