Metaphors of the forbidden
symbolize the supreme,
but you cannot walk the circle
backwards to where you have been.
The stairs that travel up/outwards
spiral above your head.
As lovers become mothers
you must take the mother's stead.*
Started while residing in NM, unsure of street or city (Santa Fe or Albuquerque); 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, or 1998; age 26, 27, 28, 29, or 30.
*Meaning a mother/father to your lover, as well as to yourself, as your lover is so to you.
Writings By Erick Heins 