reflexions

ALEXXA WALKER & KHEANNA WALKER

part i - xylem

isn’t it beautiful

that you look to me for direction

yet i look to you for support,

that i need not open my mouth

for you to know what to say.

that i offer my shoulder

before you break down,

and that i can look in your eyes

and know when you lie.

there is an ease

that we find in sisterhood.

both light

and dark.

part ii - phloem

(i have always been the moon

and you have always been my sun.)

is this why

i rather bite my tongue

and fill my mouth with blood

before i say i love you?

because you arrive at meaning

before I even depart.

is it the fear

that you will discover

how to move out of my shadow

and be your own fire

that i must first

put you out

before

you ignite.

— reflexions | xylem and phloem