By twinkle
Date: 2004 Mar 21
Comment on this Work
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isolation


hunger
unraveling on her ivory bed in the wind
she is a tall lonely lily

there is the sea far below,
cliffs hanging onto the edge of earth,
a sunset flaming down

among sheets and lace she tips her head
to listen
below
to the singing mermaids who are together on the shore.