Friday, June 15, 2012

Auli (part of a much larger work)


On the shores laid Auli. And in her lie dormant too, like her eyes, the remembering of seas left slumbering. Once was forgotten the places she had been. From storms of rain and fire and sticks she fled, not scared but savoring. Freedom, wind, and care.
Watched as they hung, fingertips straining, on the cliffs of desire. That when the thunder passed they might climb back into the soft arms of eden. Skies turning color, like leaves, like dreams.
In the fog of a frozen dawn she awoke. And heard what she thought she had left behind. The steady but soft pull to scream. As demons, they seemed. Not horns but spears, lances, swords. This earth was theirs but if only they could have more.
And then Auli knew. The cliffs had fallen. On this soft sand lay all that could have been but was ignored. That rain is water and desire its shore.

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