Lighthouse, Darkhouse

Hold me with your words;  make for this slippery fish

a safe cave of leathery palms. Oh, but no;

save yourself and let me go, as in Titanic.

Things are hopeless, as inviolable as iceberg,

the tidal wave so strong I can't outswim the sweet embrace.

You say, I am already lost at sea; not so!

A lighthouse beams inside your heart; in its glass are

starbeams refracting to infinity.

You say you want to make a home between my legs, but darling!  

I am mermaid there. Aim for light, forget that damp dark cave,

seek some other loam; another nook will materialize in which,

mercifully, to drown.

Copyright Julianza Shavin 2008