afloat.
man and woman
unfamiliar in time are
lost in the swells of harvest
eyes as steady as bulldozers
a body within a body
(is lighter than you think)
mouth cries are murky and
euphoric like smoke on glass
and
two bodies
living as a single body
are a sea in a city of salt
wrinkled and impermanent
(as angels and rose gardens)
he opens her body
like an accidental butterfly
red lips consecrate the sun
The Used Life 
24 responses to “City of Salt”
Beautiful and thought-provoking lines:
“wrinkled and impermanent
(as angels and rose gardens)”
Sensual poem. 🌹
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Thank you, Michele. I’m happy you enjoyed it.
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The form, the pace, the images … it all makes you want to dig back in for more, to get at the marrow of this beautiful poem.
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Thank you! Your kind words are much appreciated. Happy you think highly of the poem.
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I almost forgot. I love the picture too 🙂
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Ah, thank you! I can’t take credit for that one, I’m afraid. Got it on Depositphotos…but I very much enjoy the artist’s work.
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The last line. Wow.
The image is beautiful.
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Thank you very much.
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Pleasure 😊
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Surreal and beautiful. And such original images. This is wonderful.
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Thank you! I had started out wanting to write something else entirely, and this where the images led me.
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True work of art… the last lines… ayayay, beautiful.
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Thank you so much.
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This is a spiritually erotic poem🥰😍
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Beautiful last lines 🙂 poetically intimate… this also reminds one of yin and yang connection in nature.. bees and flowers pollination
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Thank you so much. And I think that’s a great observation about the connection with nature, even yin and yang energies.
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Quite sensual
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Thank you.
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” like an accidental butterfly”. ❤
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Ah, that’s my favorite line, too. Thanks for the comment.
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No problem at all; it was beautiful imagery 🙂
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beautiful
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Thank you.
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