mermaid // wind voice

#141

{last night at bingo, sylvia won the last prize.

"what am i going to do with a mermaid?"

she asked.

"learn to swim in the murkiest water,

reinvent yourself,"

the mermaid said.}

#189

{there's a quiet wind voice inside of me.

it's the same voice inside of you.

delicate and persevering,

it led us towards each other.

across desert sand,

traffic noise, solitary sky.

i found your little house by the sea.

and i never wanted to leave...}