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Ekphrastic Tanka #10: Living Olmec

deep down in the earth
high in the heavens
intertwined jungle days and nights
swirling past and future visions
dark enfolds the light

hear my ancient call
from mists beyond the hermit’s cell
see the rising dawn
we who gaze with bated breath
journeying from one to all

we stand together
through thick and thin
married at birth
silently honouring wordless treaties