Compartir – to share
I slice it neatly
turning the parts,
prefix and root,
in the palms of my hands
Com – with; together
Partir – to break
I savor the sweetness
of revelation
in division
to share is to break with
together
This is my body, broken for you
I break it open
La parto
again
this time conjugating
the root
Parto
Verb – I break
Noun – childbirth
And I remember
my legs splayed
releasing
and receiving
the bloodied, glorious cry
This is my body, broken for you
Then, the recoupling
The final conjugal act:
Comparto
I break with
for you
And there is birth
in the breaking
of body
of bread
of the Word