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Mermaids and Pomegranates
by rayn Saturday, Sep 24 2011, 12:21pm
international / prose/poetry / literature

radiant
crimson female fruit
tart and sweet to the taste
an eating pleasure
delicious red juice
tickles as it trickles
down the side of my mouth

a solitary rock
on a deserted coast
warmed by the sun
and cooled by the sea in turn
smoothed,
dried and moistened
over millennia

i wait patiently for you
to emerge from the deep
green sea
and lay your moist body
on my warm surface
together in the sun
momentarily comforted
forgetting the stark,
solitary reality of our lives

being with you
deceiving myself
that this brief moment
could endure for an eternity

but eternity continues alone
yet it contains/carries this moment
and all that was, is or ever will Be

i must resign myself
to the reality of my existence
between two worlds
a sentinel on the edge of
a limitless, deep sea
knowing both watery secrets
and solar mysteries

come
enjoy delicious
fruits with me
linger a little longer
recline and rest,
bask in the sun
on my smooth
warmed body
before you [must]
return
to the deep.