by Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad
you straddle the horizon
wave after wave
crashes cerulean
seahorses rise in foam
birthed
from the husked womb
of a copper sun
Venus is a disintegrating boulder
you linger
on a fluorescent cloud
musky fragrance
menacing the air
strange alchemy
your third eye throbs
yawning wide
waters part
bleeding gold
bleached indigo
you become the demigod
torching the sea
feather and bone
frayed nasturtiums
flapping wildly in the gale
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[Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad is an Indian-Australian artist, poet, and pianist. She holds a Masters in English and is a member of Sydney’s North Shore Poetry Project. Her art and poetry have been widely published in both print and online literary journals and anthologies including The Eunoia Review, Bracken Magazine, Underwood Press, and Black Bough Poetry. She is a chief editor for Authora Australis. She lives and works in Sydney on the land of the Ku-ring-gai people of the Eora Nation. Find her @oormilaprahlad and www.instagram.com/oormila_paintings]
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