What Ashmae Taught Me

One time, in the temple, 
after looking, and smelling, 
and asking, and listening, 
a quietness spoke back 
that got louder and louder, 
pressing words into 
palms and the fleshy 
tablet of the heart. 
It said, She said: 
Spread my name 
like wildfire— 
like wildflowers, 
like wild forests. 
So we did.