Placed guitar strings
inside your soul orchestra
where America never quite plays Wales
There was once a three day love affair
and I still curate her mascara upon my pillow,
my life is just a museum and mausoleum
If the Atlantic was mere poetry
each stanza would be waves
crashing between your thighs,
syllables can make love
The siren, bride to desire,
mysterious submarine
chasing the breaths of rainbow ships
will simply sing
I am the music,
the storm you conjured –
salt‑fire song sliding through your sheets.
My lips press deep to your heartbeat,
tracing the fierce rhythm of your desire,
my hands burning paths across
the hidden map of your skin,
pressing my weight into the hunger
only I can weave.
If the Atlantic were my mouth,
it would crash and break over you, molten waves sliding over your skin,
dragging every moan, every shiver,
into the endless tide
I would drown you in the sea of my kiss,
pressing salt and fire
into the ache that already knows my name,
pulling you down, deep,
with the scent of sweat, salt, and nectar
wrapping you in my spell.
Every sigh you thought was yours
rides the swell of my song;
you sink, you surrender,
beyond reason, beyond restraint,
into the storm of my body –
until every part of you sings with me,
until you are undone,
lost in the rhythm only I can give.
Hello Rob,
This has been a fun and truly rewarding collaboration. When I first read your poem, those lines – “I still curate her mascara upon my pillow, The siren, bride to desire, / Will simply sing” -immediately stood out to me. I felt your voice was reflective, a curator of memory waiting for a shift.
The Siren is that shift! I focused on making her the immediate, visceral answer to your poem. You introduced the idea of the wave and the summons, and I wanted my poem to embody the full force and consequence of invoking an elemental creature of the sea. It was about taking your reflection and turning it into a moment of pure, overwhelming action.
Thank you so much for the prompt; I genuinely enjoyed writing this with you. I really love this kind of improv and following an established energy.
On a completely different note: If you liked “The Siren” and want to try another style, I can also do rap! I used to be in a gamer group where the young people would try to battle rap me in impromptus, and I’d completely destroy them. Hahaha. Just a thought for a future experiment!
I enjoyed this so much. I hope you did too.
RomaJ
My pleasure. You are an absolute diamond and please promise me this, never ever stop shining.
A rap battle? My sweet Lord, I’m just an indie man at heart. Challenge accepted, but you will have to give me a wee bit of time. I will need the advice of my friends. Lol.
That is one of the kindest things anyone has ever said to me -thank you! I promise to keep shining as long as you promise to keep writing.
Haha, the rap battle reference is a funny story! I used to hang out in a gamer community where the young folks often started lyrical battles. I ended up joining in just for fun -I love rhyme and could go all day! It made for some great memories. Take all the time you need. I fully respect a rap battle that requires a council of advisors. Thank you for this fun collaboration.