Azure

i.River-skin warm
with the heat of the sun,
and my hair like seaweed, undulating
in the current.
Your hands cup my face,
analyzing
the precious metals of my irises
and the salt of my skin.

ii.Electric lips
& purple wavelengths
have tattooed flaming spirals
across my shoulders,
and your initials are carved
in the depression
between my collarbones.
I'll finger-paint poetry
on the velour of your tongue,
disclosing the dictations of my mind
in ways
that I could never articulate.

iii.In persuit,
you told me that I was
far
more
beautiful
than any mermaid, laughing
as you snatched my receding
ankle from the water.
I replied, quite eloquently,
about the explicitly human nature
of that particular ankle
and its owner.

iv. I'm glad
I finally found the strength
to tell you.