Ravaged by Love

I am in Eden - and the steamy silence is broken, by the freeing from my mind of tropical birds; beautiful iridescent birds - that were caught, in my imagination - are now at liberty, amongst the palms and I relish them They call out their joy - their singing, awakes my senses - and I dance My cool muslin dress floats about my ankles and I am weightless I whirl around, and around - lost in my world - I hadn't noticed, the re-emergence of silence my hands fly up to protect my head, from hundreds of birds - falling dead - around me - and, I am running through a carpet of feathers no longer soft - but sharp and cutting my feet the intricate weave of my fabric - is now, blood red - it is spoilt - I rip it from my body exposing my naked flesh - it is the last humiliation I jump and the glass shatters around me, forming an ocean at my feet - the moonlight dances on my bareness - I step into its reflection - and am, Swallowed - by its warm salinity