Sirens

sirens

hair black obsidian
like crow’s feathers
nesting about her head

she waits looking out
at waves crestfallen
anatomy grey perilously

close and remembers
the day he left to
go fishing for sirens

© February 2013
Renee Espriu

This is for dVerse Poets Pub at http://dversepoets.com/artistic-description/