You thought
the leaden
winter would bring you down forever
So you wrote upon a steamer to the
violence of the sun
And the colors of the sea,
find your eyes with trembling mermaids
And you touch the distant beaches
with tales of brave
Ulysses
How his naked ears were tortured
by the siren sweetly singing
But the sparkling waves are calling you to
kiss the white -laced gnats
And you see a girl's brown body
Dancing through the tur quoise
And you want to take her with you
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
You wanna take her with you to the
heartland of the winter
Her name is
Aphrodite, and she rides a prince in channel,
and you know you cannot leave her before you touch the distant sands, where tales of brave
Ulysses, how his naked ears were tortured
by the sirens sweetly singing.
There's tiny purple fishes, run laughing through your fingers,
and you wanna take her with you to the heartland of the winter.
You