My mind is wandering
Sinking in the sand
Riding cresting waves
Dappled light clearing the way
Cutting through
Water heavy with salt
We can’t help but float away
When will we know we’re lost
Where the moon rests on the coast
A horizon ever pulling back
Tempting our dreams
Foaming with life
Treading thick seams
How will we know
Sunday! Again and again.
I didn’t do this last Sunday because of family issues (and Easter, we can say Easter) so WordPress is obviously making me pay because …
Prompt – Thwart
Music – Fantastic Negrito – Shuffling on Spotify (seriously, just shuffle, he’s amazing)
Ok, 10 minutes on thwart … here we go …
You thwart me
At every turn, every spin
We practiced this dance
Night on night
But now that we’re here
You look away
Into the eyes of another
Does she feel like me?
You spin me away
Thwarted again.
I can feel the steady heat
Climbing from across the room
Dancers unaware
Of this crumbling routine.
I find the hands of others
But none move just like yours.
Round and round
The circle we go.
Til at last
At each other’s throats we go.
You spin me away
Thwarted again.
I pull strangers close
But their fingers won’t wander
Just like yours.
Slow and steady
Down my back and over my thighs.
I can feel the steady jealousy
Seething from across the room.
Round and round
The circle we go
Til at last …
Bow and begin again.
Kelley Farrell 