Lisa Cowen - Poetic Moment

I am a holder of contradictions.

When I was opal I could hear them,
Singing holy, holy, holy!
And my tongue sang alalalah!

"yogi yogi yogi, gala gala gala"
"holi holi holi, alla alla alla"

Here in the yoke,
In the green I am deaf and dumb.

Sitting on the lake of fire,
I don’t know what to do.

I remember saying,
I will destroy you,
But not yet.

I don’t know who or where I am,
A yogi,
A yoke,
One who is yoked,
I remember learning that.