Mermaid
tempest-combed tresses
trickle lush emerald.
softest of barnacles
mount her spell-of-pearl breasts.
lust-drunk paramours,
centuries of seduced suitors,
flitter at her feet.
wind and waves weave a dress:
starlit ripples of insubstantial threads,
sequins of watered sun,
and haloes plucked from sorcerous swirls.
immortal as Venus,
she fascinates through ceaseless days,
lungs liquid with tidal songs.
only fools and philosophers say
she doesn't kiss.
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July 30, more word changes, in ongoing attempt to create flow and resonance
April 22, 2022 [Since posting this poem today, I have changed it radically at least six times. This is a really powerful energy and my channeling struggles with it.]
April 23 ["insubstantial" replaces "deliquescent"]
April 26 ["spell-of-pearl" replaces "pearlescent"]
April 26 [major restructuring/reordering of stanzas]
May 2 ["flitter her toes" replaces "flitter at her toes" ... the idea being the motion of a fish tail]
May 6 "flitter at her toes" restored
May 15 "song" replaces "music"
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