Poetry

MermaidsUnder the cover of the night sky,I’m shielded from judgement.It doesn’t matter that I’m gasping for air,Drowning in her ocean.Yet I feel like a mermaid:Beautiful, graceful, sensual.Some say I’m an abomination,I should just drop dead and die.Others covet me like wild game,Something to use up and discard.But I just swim in dark oceans,And think it better than deserts.Others may end up wit...

A unique blend of wind,A pivotal spin on the globe,A finely placed reefBrings together that wave,A movement through time and space,From the cosmic waves of another world,To the shores you stand on right now,The wave comes toward you.An intricate working of physics and nature,Of math from chalkboardsAnd pure, miraculous, holy water,Meet together with you,Sitting there, waiting, yearning.A heart ...