Definitions

Define necessity:
 

the incessant need to put one foot in front of the other
in an effort to pump blood into the organ
always giving, hesitant to receive.

Define clamor:
 

the desire to unfurl sails tattered from carving paths in mighty waters,
time and again, to catch almost glimpses of colors
swirling on the opposite side of the sky.

Define rebirth:
 

the sound of a body stripping bare of clothing,
condemned no longer to consume its own love, daring instead
to rearrange its bones into another poem, a saga.

Define truth:
 

the relief of flying, buoyed by the arms of the wind,
no longer imaginary,
making my way home.