Gita
Gita
opening
you’re blind
or someone is
and you are singing
a battle
an old one or maybe one
about to be fought
for peace
there are horns honking
trees broken
an exhausted winter light
this can’t be good
but the song is
the meter
formal compelling
the names of the principals
clanging a challenge
the noise tears at the heart
I have to stop
stop here in the middle
of the mess
I can’t even hear myself think
O, Daughters of Buffalo,
on the left on the right
you have been my friends
my teachers my sisters
I am confused, dark-hearted, infinitely tired
of fighting and I won’t fight you
bring all your reason to bear
if you must
but reason explodes on the plains of battle
only the song holds shape keeps me
from deserting
S. Robbins