Mirage
has anybody ever told you
that your eyes look like ocean at sundown
deep dark
unavoidable
immense clear mirror of overarching heavens
and all that swirls beneath
flux with ripples and undulations
responsive to every disturbance
reflecting scattering creating
light of the passing stars
has anybody ever told you
that your hair resembles a river
smooth and gentle
gleaming in borrowed sunlight
parting suddenly and unexpectedly
into soft twin streams
of calm concealing
eternal turbulence
framing miraculous
islet of diamond and
ruby, of rhinestone
and tulip of lavender
and forget- -me-nots rich
meadows hiding from the rainbow
chosen treasures of earth and of
heaven of nature and of human art
symphonies as fervent as sunlight within
momentous in scope limitless in intensity
until it vanishes in separate gorgeous currents
over your white sand shoulders
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HAS ANYBODY EVER TOLD YOU
that you are water personified
the basis of all life on earth
substance and sustenance of existence
defining and guiding the future
of earth and humanity - - -
ubiquitous and enigmatic
radiant and multifaceted
transparent and thoroughly indispensable
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* blissful *
* vibrant *
* fickle *
* clear *
****************** M I R A G E
to a dessicated traveler
plodding
aimlessly
across this boundless desert
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