BecomingEkphrastic poem written to Akira Kusaka's painting, "Dawn Soup."Amrita Skye BlaineApr 11, 202631ShareText within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedBecoming There I am across the table from myself unformed I offer my nascent self warm soup in this cold dawn, new moon altar to our beginning We sit in quiet meditation listening for first lightPrevious
we are always nascent. may we always offer our attention, and a new moon, to ourselves.