ALL HER FAULT
--a poem inspired by a glimpse of Thirza, heroine of my WIP "Cloudhover Solstice"--
Tries to stand
Soles rippling
Beneath the boil
Basso profundo boom
Inching purchase
On sea stamped sand
Plunge forgotten
Now razor balanced
Between sink and scull
Spray rainbow halo
Stinging eye and tongue
Frothing sodden
Tries to breathe
Less and lower
Lower to mute
Her eye discerns the heart
Between two swan necks
As breakers seethe
Molten gold
In the eye of the tide
Breaks her buoyancy
In the undetow
She grasps for his hand
The earthed root hold
Tries to rise
Wings wrung with salt
Drag to inertia
Anchor to halt
The cliffs' billed cries
Are all her fault
© 2016 Joyce Barrass
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