AQUARIUM, AQUARIA

IT WASN'T THE MUSIC THAT HAD CHANGED, IT WAS HER

SHE HAD TO DESCRIBE WHAT SHE HAD HAD FOR LUNCH

WITHOUT ANOTHER WORD, SHE PUT BACK THE CHOCOLATE

BECAUSE SHE WAS HOLDING THE PHOTO UPSIDE DOWN

RE:

A HEART, NOT HER OWN, OPENED, WITHOUT THE DAGGERS

YELLOW LIGHT POURING FROM THE BLUE SKY

AS SHE KICKS HABITS, SHEDS SKINS, DRINKS FROM CHALICES

SUDDENLY THE HUNGER, THE THIRST AND ALL THE OTHER CRAVINGS LEFT HER

SHE KNOWS SHE TOO WILL BE RUNNING UP THAT HILL ONE DAY

SHE WENT TO BED WITHOUT UNPACKING HER SUITCASE

THE H COULD STAND FOR SO MANY THINGS

HER TEA STAINED NOTES LEFT ON THE DESK

SHE FELL ASLEEP AGAIN

A DIAMOND SHE WAS ABOUT TO LOSE

TO BE BRAVE AND NOT SAY ANYTHING

AND SUDDENLY SHE WAS LEFT ALONE IN THE LIGHT

HAD SHE USED HER POWER, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE POWER USING HER, BECAUSE POWER IS NOT USING POWER

WHY SHOULD SHE WANT THEM TO BE TRUE?

AS IF HER YOUTH HAD NEVER HAPPENED

BLACK NOISE

AND THEN SHE READ THE LETTER ONCE MORE

THE WORDS SHE WAS GIVEN TO SPEAK

A CULLING SONG SUNG BY SOMEONE ELSE

DOWN THE STAIRCASE, THROUGH THE DOOR, CROSSING THE FRONTYARD, OUT TO THE STREET

AND SHE FOUND HERSELF BELOW A DIFFERENT SKY, WALKING A NEW EARTH