I have the body of a goddess
Porcelain eyes that make you bleed into sunset
Liquid silk inked over with wine.
Ritual and festival echo in my bone
I send out roots that pierce the mountains and
Extract sweet from the sea.
You hear lyre chords distant in the wind
Music strummed along my spine
Painted backdrop of the sensual and celestial
Sacred dance under blazing desert sun.
Words written in ancient diary spill across my statuesque skin
Egyptian cotton woven by slender hand embraces me
I linger on in memories of the breaking summer wave and
Moonrise over the Nile.