touch, sight, sound
once upon a time friends walked down the street arm in arm
people whistled and sang to entertain themselves
even in public it was okay to make spontaneous noise
to touch someone out of friendship
once upon a year ago i met a man who wouldn't shake my hand,
because i was a woman he was not related to
his doctrine forbid him to touch me
once upon today i made noise and sound and danced
to chaos, to joy, to celebration
i danced in the dark with an eyemask
and i danced full front to the sun
today i looked into a blind woman's eyes
and saw her looking at me
she said "yes, i saw you today for the first time"
there is power in touch, in sound, in sight
don't let anyone take your power away
posted by Lisa Esquivel Wells at 4:48 PM
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