Lydia Henderson
sea, allusion, sand, bones
sea, allusion, sand, bones
Bones in the Sand
It’s in the sand
the waning
waxing
of my bones
borne across the shoulders
an unsuspecting mariner
fall free heavens
deep above the sea
a mortal flash
carrying you and
then
be gone
in naught but
divine lust
and scattered dust
bones in the sand