The fish circle me as jackdaws;
reciting to me, in a language lost to the world,
the bitterness of water roses–
I dodge their razor-sharp glares and go
further down into the seabed,
and wonder whether one can taste words
while being semi-conscious,
who knows,
we are but mere souls having a human experience.
The catacombs release fiery songs;
as I arrive with orison at Poseidon’s black grain
citadel,
a rose-red city with mermaids
who chase the moon and eat crab cakes for sport,
I observe them from a distance;
silken bodies colliding,
lips crashing and noses meeting in unison,
touch and bruise of eroticism–
I’d never witnessed a scene, so exquisite and bold.
Poseidon takes note and laughs;
catches in hand the motion of tides and churns,
oh, what glory be of ones
who rebuild themselves from fragile ruins–
I stare him in the eye and await the conclusion.
The tides of grey
bring with them glad tidings, bring pearly shores,
I am told we are both chaos and calm,
tied with undulating waves of hunter green fury–
that we float in several streams of fate,
for sake of sanity, let things be.
I stretch my legs and resurface to a road with new asphalt.
And now, as the clouds turn shade of tangerine,
I love his flesh into blossom–
breathe no more the air of night, estranged.
Yesteryear is a distant ache, is tossed
and hurled in smoke rings chasing heaven,
nothing good comes out
of filling one’s head with other people’s wars;
we swim on.
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Posted for Open Link Night #331 @dVerse Poets Pub
27 Responses
This is such a vivid dream, to be there in the sea… it reminds me of a certain Disney movie… It must be hard to be back on the asphalt afterwards.
Thank you so much, Bjorn 😀 so glad you enjoyed it 💄❤️
I second Björn’s comment 100%, Sanaa – this is what I was going to write too. Honestly, you wrote some of the most vivid and vibrant poetry that I ever have the pleasure of reading.
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David
Sanaa as I read your poem I thought I want some of what you’re having. It feels so wondrously free and orgasmic.
Thank you so much, Lisa 🙂 so glad the poem and its imagery appealed to you 💄❤️
I am not sure how you slipped away so magically into another realm and came back to tell us about it….but you did. This is fantastical.
Thank you so much, Mish 😀 so glad you liked it 💄❤️
You dig up such vivid imagery from the depths Sanaa
“and wonder whether one can taste words
while being semi-conscious, “
Awww gosh! Thank you so much, Laura 😀 so glad you enjoyed it 💄❤️
Beautifully done, Sanaa! I really love this line…
we are but mere souls having a human experience.
Thank you so much, Dwight 😀 so glad the poem resonated with you 💄❤️
Love the mythical storytelling Sanaa specially the 2nd and 3rd stanzas. Dream like poem, it takes me to another world.
Awww gosh! Thank you so much, Grace 😀 so glad you enjoyed it 💄❤️
Such a vision, Sanaa! Such a vivid, sensory experience. 💙
These lines resonated:
I am told we are both chaos and calm,
tied with undulating waves of hunter green fury–
that we float in several streams of fate,
for sake of sanity, let things be.
Thank you so much, Merril 😀 so glad the poem and its imagery appealed to you 💄❤️
This held up wonderfully, like a wistful bubble of a dream, of a night long ago, of what is made of such things in the aquatic streams of poetry. I got lost at the very end though — whose wars? If it belonged to a lost lover, you should throw him a trident or something earlier in the mix. It surprised without much reference. Fun stuff though Sanaa, it shows you stretching your imaginative chops.
Thank you so much, Brendan 😀 so glad the poem resonated with you 💄❤️
I’m with Lisa, I want what you’re having!! I think when one understands we are souls having a human experience, we can take the higher perspective, I enjoyed the view of “a rose-red city with mermaids who chase the moon and eat crab cakes for sport” so surreal and evocative, always enjoy savoring each verse! 💫
Awww gosh! Thank you so much, Tricia 😀 so glad you enjoyed it 💄❤️
The power in your poem is raw, incredibly vivid, epic … I may never return to Earth dear Sanaa.
That is such high praise! Thank you so much, dear Helen 😀 so glad you liked it 💄❤️
I especially like the third stanza–we float in several streams of fate–the waves of your words draw us in swim us along with you.
Thank you so much, Kerfe 😀 so glad you enjoyed it 💄❤️
Vivid and memorable. I especially loved the ending, great introspection, Sanaa!
Thank you so much, Mrityunjay 😀 so glad the poem and its imagery appealed to you 💄❤️
Beautiful descriptions, Sanaa.
“we are but mere souls having a human experience. ” Nice one. 🙂
Thank you so much, Kitty 😀 so glad the poem resonated with you 💄❤️