Wearing rose(s)
Smelling of rose(s)
Carrying rose(s)
All for you
All for you
Papa Legba ouvri bariye
sou mache manman dlo
Petals mixed with tears
Yemaja welcomes them
Her curves guide their shifts against the ebullient waves
Like honey Erzulie carries the sweetness into the deeper parts of the water
And lured by their scent Oya’s whirlwinds lifts them further into infinity
manman ap mache sou dlo
mache mache li ap mache
–Rose Water Ocean (for Ma linda)
barak adé soleil 
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