from the sea//of the earth
An ekphrastic poem
Published in
Dec 7, 2022
she swims
a radiance of purple
her jeans, blue
bathing
suspended above a sunset
she waits
she swims
breath of blue
pink puffs of air
uneven edges pierced in color
she waits underneath layers of paint
looks to the moon
as it falls across the ridges of her
skin
deep water dyed red
swelling into cracks at her core
coral cuts her inner arms
an expiring sun slips down her chest
earth-blue patterns the underside of her breasts,
melting into folds of flesh beneath her hips
her skin, lined in charcoal, creased by the color of midnight
glides against the seafoam seeping
from her pores
a stink
known only by the sand
fingers plunge within for the liquid silk of sky
she is like being dropped into a dream:
she is the last thing you see
before
