She is Composed: A Body of Duets by Kathy Iwanowski

is composed she?

is composed she?
heart and mind and soul she?
blood, bone, and skin she?
eyes, and hands, and feet she?
creative brain?
thoughts she?
a tendency to crack she?
a weakness, a lack, she?
a strong will and back she?
birthing me
breathing life into me
head to toe like me
she
is composed she?



she is:

she eludes my tongue-
she has yet to speak aloud,
she bares herself only to me.
she is nocturnal.
she feeds my dreams.
she wrestles with my cobwebs in the corner.
she shares her dark side,
she loves lightness.
she doesn't resist my gray areas.
she is:



composed...

whole resides.
our soul, against hope,
feels alive.
sounds bind the sparks and embers.