by Stefania Camci
Medusa's Muse
I look down at my feminine figure
it dawns on me the attention it lures
I run my jagged nails down my skin
peel my flesh from bone
red oozing marks left in their wake
claw my soul outside this cursed form
urge it to sneak through torn tissue
maybe my spirit leaves laced in blood
away from my curves, swelling in my chest, warmth between my legs
away from attracting your predatorial gaze
you stole from me
eyes raking over my body
mentally undressing me
words venom, paralyze me
slither off with my self-esteem
you toy with me but
look closely
my gliding long locks transform, glinting scales
quiet hissing crescendo
glowing eyes flash vengeance
just one glance to harden you as you hardened me
afterall, it takes a serpent to know one.
Honey
Her words are dripping with sweet nectar
and his desire to taste it swells, he watches
her lips move slowly and her tongue smoothly
her voice is gentle
he’s swimming in her golden irises.
He couldn’t help himself
and brought his face to hers
experiencing Nature’s sugar
savoring the honeycomb
slurping all her blissful syrup.
He pulled away, horrified
her mouth swarmed with bees
fuzzy small insects tumbling over one another
emerging from their hive
the buzz overpowering
prepared to protect the Queen Bee.
Her colony hummed the words she screamed.
My Inner Child
she wears a muzzle, her breaths shallow
her mouth full of unheard words, captive in a shelter
although far from refuge, ticks cling to her flesh
she never thinks of her body as home, but fleas do
her legs give out from fatigue, she stands guard days, months, years,
her stomach clenches impoverished with
unfulfilled desires, wounds left split infected
not having the luxury to turn into scars
like a dog with her tail between her legs
she crawls whimpering to me
sitting on my lap, I free her maw
I hold her and make her a promise
hooking our pinkies and kissing our thumbs to lock in place
never. again.
Bodies of water / body of me
bodies of water on our earth
quaint / unique beneath the moon and sun
graciously fluid / existence elemental / limpid / agape
reflections glisten with light
funnel clouds reach in for a kiss
welcome a stone skipper / ripples left in his wake
i wait patiently for the waves to dissipate / watching him take a dip
plummets his sweaty skin inside my still simple pond / a forced baptism
attempt to wash away sins / while sinning
he marvels at the weightlessness
i remain utterly still at dawn / but fits of wave and foam at dusk
rage releases into the approaching dark / an embrace with him
halts his oxygen / twists his lungs ever so carefully
lifts him up and floats far far away
bodies of water / pools of destruction / resurrection
just like me