Nikki Giovanni




I Am She

(For Nancy)

I am she…making rainbows…in coffee cups…watching fish
jump…after midnight…in my dreams…

On the stove…left front burner…is the stew…already
chewed…certain to burn…as I dream…of waves…of
nothingness…

Floating to shore…riding a low moon…on a slow cloud…I
am she…who writes…the poems…