She swims on a starry night
full of shapes and lines connecting
dots of light in constellations
she can neither name nor recognize.
She floats in drowning silence
launches her soul in the blackness
but it stops in infinite quiet
and stunned awareness.
Water and air touch her naked skin
where she wills his hands
and write his name on tingly nerve ends
on strangled whimpers escaping.
She swims in mute solitude
Then breaks it with splashes
flips, tumbles, dives as she dips under,
just a girl again, half-fish half-woman.
She shed her fish scales and long curly tresses
ages ago, but their ghosts linger.
They scream through cracks in the heart
Like a child: “Look! Looook! See what I can do….
I am a fish, a mermaid in blue water,
a siren calling you….
play and dance with me, love me.
Please. Please love me.”
She swims on a starry night
Drowning in black silence.
unbuttoned or undone 
Beautiful and peaceful.
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Thank you for stopping in and taking the time to encourage me. I appreciate it and I am very glad you enjoyed that piece.
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Wonderful!
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Thanks John, could you see the soul stop in midair and say wtf am I doing here so far away?
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stunned awareness 🙂
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That would be so. (giggle)
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Agghh! Your lampshade reminds me of this video!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1NkBFwGvh2I
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Wonderful video! Thank you for sharing that!
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Agh! No way! He shot the bunny! Although I totally dig the song.
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I love this one, Em. I sense so many emotions swirling in that silent blackness under the stars.
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Chaotic and many, yes! Thank you WN.
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Sad Emm…hope you are well …Tony
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Thank you Tony. It’s just a story, don’t worry. But thank you for your concern, it is very kind.
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Simply breath-taking.
You reach places no other poet comes close to.
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Thank you. If you held your breath, if something wiggled in the pit of your stomach, if a thought of something you lived resurfaced, then it’s all good. And I smile.
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Beautifully expressed, Emm. Hugs!
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Thank you Paul. Hugs back! And enjoy your vacation.
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