{"id":2210,"date":"2014-09-07T10:12:10","date_gmt":"2014-09-07T10:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/narrativenortheast.com\/?p=2210"},"modified":"2020-08-25T12:23:18","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T12:23:18","slug":"zarafa-praying-regina-brunache","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/narrativenortheast.com\/?p=2210","title":{"rendered":"ZARAFA PRAYING – Regina Brunache"},"content":{"rendered":"

(for Lori Field)<\/p>\n

for this creature like me<\/em><\/p>\n

 
\nSearching with my brown puzzled neck<\/p>\n

Closed my slender Asian eyes<\/p>\n

Brought me to darken light<\/p>\n

Taken away from this to be continued masquerade<\/p>\n

The party continues without me<\/p>\n

I call it my crown of glory<\/p>\n

Because I have no story<\/p>\n

Graffiti hidden sky<\/p>\n

Water-colored lake<\/p>\n

I dare not swim<\/p>\n

Acrylic-painted leaves<\/p>\n

From the tamboti tree<\/p>\n

Waiting for my last meal<\/p>\n

Violet leaves shows numerous sins,<\/p>\n

What do I have to win?<\/p>\n

Magnolia petals removed<\/p>\n

Its poisonous taste<\/p>\n

Another day to my fate<\/p>\n

Written on my face<\/p>\n

Grace<\/p>\n

Traced stencils from my Asian race<\/p>\n

Splattered dragonflies filled with grape juice<\/p>\n

Tattooed on my aspired daisy arms<\/p>\n

Hiding my shame<\/p>\n

Secrets transparent only to God<\/p>\n

Daisy arms placed together<\/p>\n

Standing in submission<\/p>\n

Praying for peace.<\/p>\n

 
\nSummer, 2007<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Regina M. Brunache is an Artist, Poet & Environmentalist. Graduate of Bloomfield College: Bachelor of Arts. Bloomfield College is a Presbyterian Liberal Arts College founded in 1868. The Bloomfield College Motto is: \u201cLux In Tenebris. Light From Darkness.\u201d  Photography by Umar Timol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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