Gathering South Asia Through Our Eyes for Maggie
Gathering South Asia Through Our Eyes
for Maggie
By Mary Ann Sullivan
Of water won and wonder woo
And water lost and arbor under
Sat and yellow pink and yellow
seat and granite bench and there
we sat
Ever long the last and last
Walks and through and arch and long
The arms and robes of Muslims
forward walk and
Wind and blown
We talked
And sat and yellow pink and yellow
seat and granite bench and there
we sat
the scarfs of Pakistani men were long
and on the shoulder down
and robes of Islam longer
the women Pakistani soft
and gentle tender
south and south of Asia
south
for once and first Kashmiris known
and gather motion gather words
through eye and eye and
pulled in mind and held
in mind like camera
‘neath an arbor
with gathered under
pink and pink and yellow
share and share
and rides and car and parked on brick
for mom, and mum, and mom
and green
Gathering south Asia through our eyes
Gathering pink and pink and pink
with dearest, dearest pink.
And sprinkling down south Asia
piece and piece and gently falling
Piece of dearest pink and pink and yellow