By calypso
Date: 2003 Aug 11
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Dangerous Refuge

a watery cave opens to the sky
the harbour lies safe and glistens
it protects and makes sacred
your space filling arrangements of flowers
half closed, so fragrant
I touch their petals softly and
i look away because

my life has been to your service
I have given you nothing
I have given you everything

I seize and briefly kiss
former enemies, carving their words
into my flesh, these signs
reveal to me an
unheard of weapon
with which I destroy the harbour
my love, it's a dangerous refuge

I do this with
your unspoken consent