3:55pm June 29, 2014

'Emily'

zozi-in-wonderland:

I have seen boats thrown up in the air like babies
and caught in the arms of the waves

seen wild white dragons rising high,
rearing over the lighthouse in pale fire

and mermaids rising from the basement
to grasp at my feet and pull me down.

Hear the calls of sailors from the bones
of ships down in the Bible black without stars

as houses float past, marooned on the blue
with people waving from the rooftops.

my mother waters the geraniums
on the concrete city balcony,
they are red like flames.
in the amethyst of her ring,
the wild sea turns

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