Love on the Planet Evon
I maneuver my small pirogue
towards the tiny inlet.
The sun sinks, night descend quickly.
The bloody Evon moon rise
to its zenith leaving a red uneven path
on the choppy ocean surface.
Quickly I take my special pill
that will transform me into a new being.
Now I need only wait patiently
for she will come as is her wont,
tail splashing, water splurging,
laughter ringing over the glassy sea,
my mermaid riding gracefully
over crested milky waves.
What matters that we must meet.
I feel my feet becoming a tail, I’m glad.
All lovers are asleep or hiding
to escape their fears that change
in the deadly night might bring.
Not me.
Ah, she arrives and I’m in bliss.
We revel in the crimson Evon light,
surf giant white tipped waves,
dive into the dark waters below.
We swim together, bathing off our cares,
the waves provide a fresh shower,
the great Evon gives us strength.
The sea song birds soar o'er our heads,
thrill us with their lovely lullaby.
The waves pound the spiky crags
adding their haunting symphony.
Then will my love sing her haunting ditty,
As I go into a rapture of unbound passion.
I know of others who choose the glens,
gambol and caper on speckled grasses,
dance to the luring pipes of satyrs,
listen to cicadas serrate their tunes,
glide into sweet narcotic dreams
that lotus flowers provide
to those who ask and crave.
They dare not take the changing pill.
Not I,
give me the sea,
the salty sea,
Painted red with Aurora's moon,
far from the clutches of the mighty sun
that burns and blotches my skin.
Let me glide down towards the seabed
below the inky surface and mingle
with fish and mollusks and mermaids,
especially the one I truly love.
This is perpetual bliss, paradise touched
For look over towards the far horizon,
isn't that our wishing star
shooting across the inky skies?
9/4/2016
Placed 1
Take The Dagger From My Heart, Please - 2 - Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Broken Wings
N/A Contest: TO BOLDLY GO WHERE NO POET HAS GONE BEFORE
Judged: 9/18/2016
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