Walls

walls
a locked door
closed window
guarded eyes
shrugged shoulder
raised fist
disconnected phone
muted voice
I don't care
not right now
not ever
I don't want to talk about it
I don't want to talk to YOU about it.

take your love and go
take your light and leave
take your need and suffer
your problems pale to mine
they do not matter

keep your help
it sickens me
you are too weak to help
too dumb to understand
not trustworthy enough to know
no friend of mine

...

I hear these words day in and day out.
Some spoken, some in my head.
How long do I need to cry?
to bleed?
to long and want and wish?
and why do I?
Because I care.

even staring at a blank wall.

sandie~
3/24/08

Bound to you
More than physical chains bind us two
sinuous ties that bind
stroke silk to skin
beg for release
never
forever.
fly with tethered feet
soar with clipped and fettered wings
call to your mate
bright plumage cast aside
skin bathed in sunlight
sweat beads on your lip
I lick it dry.

Night Swimming~

a silken splash as my head parts the waters
cool on my skin after your hot breath
I dive deep, piercing the waves
rolling and diving with the grace of an otter.

My world is painted in black and electric blue
reflection of moon on water.

My lover joins me
wading cautiously in
this is no time for care or fear
I slither between his legs
twining my way up his body
python strong I squeeze...

then with a flash of silver belly to the moon
I push off with all strength from his body

avoiding the net
the curve of my hip
enticing another sailor into the sea
like so many before him

Looking to make a trophy of me
to model me on the prow of a ship
to be the first
the only

To make the mermaid mere mortal~