Mermaid (1)

                                                                                                                                              31 Aug 2016

Falling

This dark deep water
drawing the granite from the rock
has no more sound than murmur
and tipping, falling, knowing,
I dive slowly in
expand and drinking swim
all entered entering

Mermaid (2)

Heartbeat

my mouth your mouth 

my love my passion

your being and body and breath

my breath your breath

my body my being

your passion my love

my love

 5 Oct 2016

Mermaid (3)

Negative Space

 counting waves

this one, next one, this one
breaking moment,

then two then one

then one then two

breathless dancing, breathing, 

not me and you, 

but you and you and you,

and me and me, 

two and three

now in turn we spin

outward in 

three and four

our time place world 

our home no more

                                                                                                               30 Oct 2016

Mermaid (4)

Tears

gasping for water

sharp bare sea bed

cold cold rock

I will fill this pit with tears 

then swim away

  30 Nov 2016

Mermaid (5)

Caught

This woven prison pulls us 

stolen passengers 

claws and clatters

fish and fin

unhappy swell

let me out

let me in

  20 Feb 2017

Mermaid (6)

Bleeding

how to separate

how to sew up

stop the flow

how to never know

walk swim sleep long

nothing there nothing wrong

no song

no

find another one

find a self that can

long and long and long for you

carelessly again 

 March 2017