The Andaman Sea

Poem

My azure lover
Languid and sanguine
I gave myself to you

I was a temple and a shrine
but there was no need to pray

The heavens opened up before me,
and I became the heavens
floating

as a star that twinkles and does not know it’s light
you gave me sanctuary

I did not meditate
I was given meditation

Rain began to fall
and you took me into your arms

I was the rain,
falling from heaven
and how I fell,
for there was no falling
only you
and your depths

I was all. I was everything.
Everything was me.

I wept, frightened

My tears
fell as kisses
And you caught every one

Cherished

Beloved

I let go

and found myself floating

upon the Andaman Sea

 

more by JULIE MAYA PANDA 

photograph by Michael Baird

 

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