rainbows billow in my head
i sink...and rise
tide-torn to find
i am a mermaid
though i have two legs,
and between them
what dreams may thrash?
what maddened loves may be
tossed or lost.
i am a beast
mounted by beasts,
swollen-muscled,
purposeful...hard
till the breaking time comes
and we slip apart.
i am the moon
pale, soft, helpless
to halt the invasion
of my shadows.
i am the sun
hot, bright
with a torturous thirst
for the moons misted canyons.
i am mute flesh
that the stroking of
fingers can bring to sing.
i am alone.