Ophelia; Pathos
Young; crouching
she gazed at the reflection
of the dome light above her,

she would make her body
stay very very still
so the water wouldn't ripple

and she would stare at it
for hours and hours
until the water went cold.
Laying, still
in the dream layers
where breath meets water
and light falls away

it's real, it's not
it's a minor death
an Ophelia premiere
a settling of all

somewhere new
in the confessions
of rising steam
is somewhere she trusts

no bitter daze
no rolling heads
spirit capsulized
pulse upon pulse

a viscous embrace
no sound wasted
nothing falling
nothing breaking

only silence....

shalome 2006 �
Where Breath meets Water
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