Bailar
bailar [Spanish] – to dance
My power is untouchable
Yet yearns to be felt
I snake my right hand between my breasts
(The ripeness to which every mango aspires)
My wakened hips sway with Mediterranean heat
Waves rising, crashing
Unbidden, my legs move on their own
As the grateful ground kisses my feet
My left arm circles
Picks an orange heavy with juice
And sends it to the heavens
And as the temperature climbs
I pull you close
Suck moisture from your mouth
Almost leaving my body through my heated breath
The wind flowing through me catches a spark
And all at once rays burst from my fingertips
Tongues of flame engulf my bones
And the blaze courses through me
Devouring everything, everything in its path –
The next firestorm already waiting
© 2002 Lindasusan Ulrich |
