You thought the
leaden winter
would bring you down
forever
But you rode upon
a steamer
to the violence of the sun
And the colors of the sea
bind your eyes
with trembling mermaids
And you touch the distant
beaches with
tales of brave Ulysees
How his naked ears were
tortured by the
sirens sweetly singing
For the sparkling waves are
calling you to kiss
their white laced lips
And you see a girls brown
body
dancing through the
torquoise
And her footprints make
you follow
where the sky loves the sea
And when your fingers find
her
she drowns you in her body
Carving deep blue ripples in
the tissues of your mind
Tiny purple fishes run
laughing through your
fingers
And you want to take her
with you to the hard land of
the winter
Her name is Aphrodite and
she rides a crimson shell
And you know you cannot
leave her for you touched
the distant sands
With the tales of great
Ulysees how his naked ears
were tortured
By the sirens sweetly
singing
Tiny purple fishes run
laughing through your
fingers
And you want to take her
with you
to the hard land
of the winter