Alvin Ailey
for Rosa, Rachel,
Kevin & Jermaine

i.
I have held
him inside me

I have aged
with him inside me

besides myself
with him inside me

beside me where
I wish him
to be always

ii.
clean flight to another era,
area, to another life

invite me, I’ll travel,
I long for wings


© Obediah Michael Smith, 2007
10:32 p.m. 19/11/07