Saturday, May 28, 2005

The Nile

The Nile

It seems my eyes are rivers, endless
and sun swept. Here - impossibly pure
and banked by sand,
is haven.

Limbs float, tentatively tied to
trunks deserted to new generations.
Half hidden, I am
the crocodile.

Yet, in the sifted silt
submerged, I am painted
a disarming shade of jade.

3 comments:

  1. disarming shade of jade...

    niiiiiiiiiiiiiice.

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  2. Thanks Berry :)

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  3. Hi Erin,

    Thanks for visiting my blog. I was skimming through your poems, looking for a line that'd surprise me and I found one!

    "I am painted/a disarming shade of jade."

    That's hot. I have no idea what your voice sounds like, but I'll listen to someone who says things like that.

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