Draft 3: Forever Legacy

[alonso ramoran]

Let colonizers who drain the springs,
expecting youth, turn to dead marble,
and blur my memory into rainbows
that smell of hose water. Forget me in the way
the wind remembers breath.

Draft 2: Abiding Legacy

Let conquerors who taste every spring,
expecting youth, turn to dead marble,
and leave my memory in rainbows
that smell of hose water. Forget me in the way
the wind remembers breath.


Draft 1: Abiding Legacy

Let conquerors who taste every spring,
expecting youth, turn to dead marble—
I'll leave your memory
in rainbows that smell of hose water
to forget you in the way
the wind remembers breath.