berry bath salts saturate

sultry water

soap cake of the same

shaped from a leaf mold

Placates laden skin,

weary body,

fatigued physical,

like the unfurled

radiant

African flag,

red,

black,

green,

Whipped by wind and dust of day,

soothed by fingers

gliding the external

like beads of pearls on refined marble

sinking deep

d

e

e

p

e

r

into a myriad of natural fragrances

calming the mental

the mind trips

stumbles along

beaming white sand,

blue water,

tropical moonlit shores,

toes pressing the grainy sea floor

beneath anklet high water,

before falling back

into a scented,

candle lit,

porcelain replica

Frank and myrrh incense burns

manifesting lachrymose

as hands wax warm,

twines around a

solitary

body

like a tree engulfed by its own branches