Do You Anchor When the Seabed's Made Of Bones?

There is a taste to your words

a fragrance in the dip of your eyelids

when you look out at the vast sea

I think you are perfume

I think you are mist

the spray of saltwater

caught on my eyelashes

you are a lure

and I, a simple sunfish

shedding scales

and I think,

but I was the siren here

on this dock

a rock in my fist

for the boat

freed from anchor

leaving me

parched

on the shores

my gills trembling

hooked

on the way love is spelled out

in a bottle;

my note will catch on whale's song

breaching

as Jonah casts his line

one more time

for the bones

at the bottom

of the sea

and I turn to condensation

on a mad man's liquor bottle

 

 

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Author's Note

~mixing fables~

Reviews

[Ashesh]

when i read your poems the shallow waters of my brain are stired and it gets all murky --like a good trip of joint. and when i start to write review the thoughts condenses. lol. really! your poems are paintings, i fail to describe(if i do, it'll be gebberish! .hehe) but can feel it deeply. think of it as compliment of an ignorant mind. :)

[Jibey]

Sometimes with yor poems, I can't quite make out what is actually going on, but like an abstract painting or a glorious piece of music, it kind of doesn't matter, as the words are so charming, so well knitted, so fluent, so beguiling... They taste so good...

[Nimbus Thread]

An evokative piece touching on the emotional human tipping points of desire and loss. This mix of fables transcribe these moments so well--like marine bluesy jazz .

[patricia]

as jonah casts his line once more for the bones at the bottom of the sea...how many reviews fail you, interpret your words in ways that are different from your meaning...you give us all so much Seline...and all we can do is offer inadequate words to portray what your magic means to our souls, remember then why feedback is so lacking...it is because you leave us speechless...truly..there is only one Seline.

[Nobody.]

brilliant as always!

[luciddreamer]

This was beautiful

Peace
Robin

[OT]

haha I knew your next one would be sea inspired!! and what a great inspiration the sea is - a strong sensory write - the sea, the spray - the touch of mythology - all adds to a strong ambience - brilliant write!!

[.]

mixed beauty I say...what a wonderful picture you paint..

[Maurice]

A wonderful mix of stories highlighted by vivid images and emotions.

[Liza]

I think Selene is perfume
I think Selene is mist

light touches - sensual

[Robin]

a siren song on the rewind ~ the Sunfish initially struck an amazing image in my mind , a calm eye in the center of the storm . then you cast intense emotion in those trembling gills , gasping in the atmosphere of 'love' ~ as always , your words take us to the heart of the psyche .. and the psyche of the heart ~