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I once took a lover
Substantial as the undertow
He sang…
He sang my pulse a metronome
As mermaids surfaced mesmerized
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He showed me between his strong legs
Thick hairs, long soaked in the moon
Permeated with his strength and compassion
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To love and be loved is evermore
His words becoming the flesh of dreams
I moved like seaweed in his tides
Undulate and grounded
Melding with the cello of his landing
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Compelled, the spirits
Shuffling wistfully in dust
Remembered their names
Became eager for color
Incanted lullabies
Spellbound by our heat
As it rose to claim them
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Proud, my body animal
Went to ground bearing seed
I became witness and thunder
Rounded and swelling in storms
Unfolding broad wings bearing rain
A haloed tunnel of bone and cusp
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All forgotten in the first cry of birthing
As in this moment my world split in two
And continued to divide into ocean and land
Both realms indigenous to the lost souls of Man.
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Artist: “Whispers” Monique Passicot