ibrahim al-matin - the Poet.

I read some poetry the other day. Here was one of them, it was the first time in a while, and i wanted to share what that was and what it looked like. This was from the deep Southside of Chicago.

69. Ode to Ocean Blue…

 

Listen to Marvin Gaye a lot,

Purse the folds of your skin between the eyes

And channel wide open mouthed, onto a bed of keys

Have the ebony and ivory drip with the darkest tears

Ask for forgiveness, in twenty thousand languages

And swim across that ocean of sorrow

Flipping back arms like flippers and fins

 

Whilst thy scales shimmer – blue.