for whom my sea
waves come
i kiss him
because i’m a water thing
Portofino, Italy
how far i’ve travelled
across the twists and turns and curves
our knot was knotted many lives ago
from a voice more ancient than us
more ancient than time
from a time before time beyond time
and still i sing the clothes off his body
towards me
as we become night
instinctive and sensual
we are in our moody cocoon
// i once danced for a boy
when skin was prayer
when the sun, sky and earth were
beneath the paws of the white bear
perhaps he was a god –
the one who kissed the lips of heavens
and then shape-shifted
into two rivers
divine and unfixed,
like faith
i kiss him
and i disappear
// tell me do you know when water actually begins?
is it vapour, ice, rivers, rainlife?
in the seas beyond skies
tongues too will gentle walls
like blue sugars it all melts
and he kisses me
and i kiss him
we disappear
because what is love
if not the thing into which we fall to disappear
where boundaries dissolve
completely
or maybe he and i are just water things
otherworldly
creatures from the worlds of timelessness
eternal, lawless
with deep emotions and desires not known by those of only skin
and when soul touches soul on the lips
all kneels
it’s inevitable
then.
now.
always.
Photography by Ibai Acevedo
My {poem + story} series includes:
- in the moon garden
- say god say love
- my soul calling you
- a november night
- the intimacy between silk and wool
- the fox
- i write his name on the inside of my dress
- reverie
- ours is tonight
- lovers on the train to venice
- all i ever wanted
- look beyond the senses, to the soul
- my body, a wild sculpture of rainlife
- the opening
- sew the raspberry leaves in our bedsheets
- the bluish eyes of flame
- for you, i left the back door open
- chai
- tiny plutonian moon
- the night we swam in the sea
- you smell like moonlight on my skin
- i want to marry you in blue
- he steps into the sea
- kiss on the wrist
You can also visit my poems page to read poems from my first two books, check out my two love poetry books, Moonhold (2019) and The God-like Things (2021), and listen to my spoken word while musing over some of my videos and photography.
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Cover art by Débora Rosa.