In the unholy terror of this distance
(how cruel the gods!) – yet still I can
reach your trembling body,
your sweat libating the sheets,
your limbs straining against the leather straps –
and the muffled noise of your distress
floats past my ears like a sad, half-heard
wail. In the distance, the pounding
of the ocean, fists against a pillowed surface,
your entire being encompassed
in the echo of the conch
that I clasp to my ear,
that I caress like a lover's body.
The sea always echoes in a rush of blood.
I can almost touch you,
past these waves. I would be dead
not to hear the rushing of the sea.
BẠN ĐANG ĐỌC
Excavations
Thơ CaOld poems and older poems. The art in here is far more recent - all illustration tiles were made between April 20, 2024 and May 12, 2024. Some of these poems were published in a chapbook, Eleusinian Mysteries, in 1995, under the pen name Sarah Maddo...