Saturday, March 15, 2025

like a drawing of myself

the body's shape is true 
its wisdom is intact 
my limbs chaste

perhaps not an immortal 
but never expendable
still a chosen one 

my frame rich and heavy 
as the best garden
vivid and fat

my self feels anonymous
wants to answer now
seeks surrender
______________________

Pic: My mom and sister sent me a photo of themselves playing holi with friends yesterday! It gave me joy just to look at it and made me me want to schedule a Holi date for later this month when things calm down a bit. I love how holi anonymizes everyone... you can barely tell who's who and can't tell their gender/age/class/color.

12 comments:

Lisa's Yarns said...

What a great picture! They all look so full of joy and I do like how it anonymizes everyone!!

Gillian said...

Nice.

Nicole said...

Holi looks so fun!!! Look at those smiles.

Jenny said...

Beautiful poem! And I've heard of holi- actually it was on a baking competition and everyone made vivid, colorful cakes. Love the photo!

Anonymous said...

I walked near the Indian Embassy today and there was a HUGE party with lots of music and colors and happy people.

I thought of you and sent you well wishes and a virtual sub, of course!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

-Steph

maya said...

Thanks, Lisa! I love it so much.

maya said...

Thanks!

maya said...

Right? I miss it!

maya said...

Wow, Jenny! I love the idea of Holi cakes. And I think color runs are a thing too?

maya said...

Ha! Thanks, Steph! I saw lots of happy Holi-ers coming off the MSU campus on Saturday too!

StephLove said...

Lovely picture

maya said...

Thanks, Steph--I love it.

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