Uzzen Sheerah

His daughter Sheerah, who built both
Lower & Upper Beth-horon and Uzzen Sheerah
—I Chronicles 7:24

Not enough, just one line—
     I want to clothe Sheerah
           in a story
         give her a face
I want to hear her words.
I want to know the shape of—
the breath of 
this place on the map.
I want to walk
the zigzag of roads—
I want to look hard
at materials she used
test their malleability
their strength
 
I mean to ask
  if she dreamt of settlements,
  of thresholds—
  instead I read the line again
  and again, until I feel at home
  in Uzzen Sheerah
  Magic of names—
Uzzen Sheerah
             Uzzen Sheerah