I heart-see Metis on her river
like a woman in a canoe
while my eyes see the reflected dapple
of leaves and yellow sun
she is what runs through -
penetrating
her paddle dips below the calm surface
and I study her black hair -
like a waterfall cascading,
the sun, white repeating, in its strands
she turns to look at me on the bank
like a woman in a canoe
while my eyes see the reflected dapple
of leaves and yellow sun
she is what runs through -
penetrating
her paddle dips below the calm surface
and I study her black hair -
like a waterfall cascading,
the sun, white repeating, in its strands
she turns to look at me on the bank
eyes now blue as the hopeful sky
eyes now grey as the storm
eyes now green as the return of shore grass
my feet are bare
and I am suddenly conscious of the cool mud -
I look down and recognize my origins
as well as my ends.
I look up again
and she is gone
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audio: https://soundcloud.com/mbonica/metis
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from http://www.theoi.com/Nymphe/Okeanides.html:
eyes now grey as the storm
eyes now green as the return of shore grass
my feet are bare
and I am suddenly conscious of the cool mud -
I look down and recognize my origins
as well as my ends.
I look up again
and she is gone
***
audio: https://soundcloud.com/mbonica/metis
* * *
from http://www.theoi.com/Nymphe/Okeanides.html:
THE OKEANIDES (or Oceanides) were three thousand goddess Nymphs who presided over the sources of earth's fresh-water, ranging from rainclouds to subterranean springs and fountains...Some of the Okeanides personified divine blessings, such as Metis (Wisdom), Klymene (Fame), Plouto (Wealth), Tykhe (Good Fortune), Telesto (Success), and Peitho (Persuasion).
