Leucosia

The world is splitting open at my feet, part two.

Leucosia 

Her lure is empty, a siren ousted 

on a fruitless beach. Mid-winter,

the howling of the solstice aches

in her marrow. I was sent by the

lab. To pick the creature up: 

in my arms. To study, 

                               to watch it decay. 

The over-wash of eyes, it suddenly

reminded me of a willow. Stuck

behind a wooden fence. Cold-blue

mountains above and larks

humming. The loneliness

of that blank valley, rippled

across a plain of pestilence.

The moist night-air, crackling

dawn. Barren. In cold-blue eyes. 

Her eyes. 

The body was covered in lacerations.

over-saturated in salt. 

Poor thing, 

                                      I thought out loud. I 

             wish I could of saved

it.

I took it back to the 

lab. To study---

I cut it open

with a cold-grey knife.

Cleft apart, bit by bit.

I saw the willows,

bend---- 

I saw it spit 

out such

blood.

In plain

sight,

--- hunched over

 in flakes of 

skin, so 

forgotten. 

Anaesthesia-soaked 

// reflections of  a decomposing

verve, plushed in her scales. 

Extraction-then expulsion.      

The siren was flushed

out the back alley, in the

trash can. My mind melted,

like hot plastic. Sticky

residue. It waited for her

to come back to life.

The rocky shores, have

come forth to land. My shipwreck

is abased, and conscience afloat. 

The siren held my hand, my heart,

but just as her dead caracas fell,

I, myself, drowned. 

Author's Note

Reviews

[CS]

This truly is my favorite poem I have ever read put to one of my favorite songs....
I can't say enough good things about it.
Masterfully done.

[Pax]

it's like I'm reading a doctor's poem...Nice!

[MOON]

Beautifully crafted write , like a giant experimental lab, thats what came to mind and neglect . Poignant.

[captain]

very nice and truly deep...

[_]

Wow the ending truly tied up making me feel sad still though pretty beautifully written and explained. :) AND WOOT WOOT! Sigur Ros again ^-^

[Barbara Walker]

This made me feel so sad.

[Mockingbird]

there is some sadness in it as well as disturbing images. trippy.

[~]

This-is-gorgeous. I don't even have words. Sincerely, this touches me deeply. I wish I could just put it in a box and carry it with me. Beautifully evoked feelings, my friend.

[Lily Mae]

Strange the feeling I had was like an ache in my heart and such a huge feeling of surrender.. The miracle of breath in water...like we were in the beginning before birth.. xo Excellent write..x