Dionysus
1031.2010

Seated across from you:

I’d lower the spines of my eyes to see your legs unlock
And dance with mine like a pair of snakes entangled –

I’d also like to be a set of arms
To brush the side of each breast connecting to your torso,
Which sits unbending like a statue.

You’ve become a lyric singing me into you,
Your aphrodisiac perfume of ocean into my bed,
Into my thighs and lungs –

And my submission after the wine and conversation,
After you woo me with mirrors and man,
After the night opens its jewel-crusted feathers
And the sun is done sinking into a sea of stars -

We could be Diana and Kallisto,
Hunting our grief into endless trees
And dining until drunk on our skins;
Our hearts stuffed on the shadows seducing us,

Oh my unending nature, my darling -
You’d know how to be in love,
How to be a God,
How to be still -

How to survive off the love of humans.


Marni C.M. Fraser©