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Aqua Over world.


Aqua Over world

   I saw aqua in a dream
   September tenth is when it came to me
   Orange Birds could fly
   And I asked if they could be me for a day
   They flew on

   The Edelmees chased me. Talked to me with
   High voices that caught the light in hum tight letters

   The ocean was clear on Sundays
   So the people took swims on that day
   Baptizing under the sun

   The ocean was red on Fridays
   No one knew why, so all stayed away

   Love has a colour--Powder Dew
   Summer mornings brought this upon all who knew
   The earth was the blackest thing and
   The greenest green grew from the roots

   Purple is the colour of a flower--
   The Candy Popper Pan
   It was sweet smelling
   It grew big and wide
   Each side of the 16 petals curled up

   The aqua is all over
   It is where I wish to be
   The sky never ended
   When my eyes leaped

   The paths walked were lined with clear stones--
   Stager Roof Bottoms
   They were taken from the sea
   So all could see
   Fierce beauty, lumping purity

   It is said when you speak Singer Roof Bottoms
   Take each voice and make it a melody
   That travels round and round the sea

   The Orange Birds carried gold dust at sunset and
   Dropped it on the sea
   So gold waves roared toward us
   This phenomenon was called
   Breathing Crystal Wings
   And I wanted to fly again

   The longevity of this dream
   Is far to short for me

   Captured between paranoia

   And wistful dreams of the Over world
   All I know is I saw aqua in a dream
   Brazen reality
   That is now a separate entity
   The craving for Candy Popper Pan
   Is what sustains me

   The Edelmees chase after me
   Calling me back with their high--scattered voices
   Chasing, chasing my vanishing back
   The aqua is all over

   The endless sky trapped in Over- world
   Words that carry weight in colour
   And melodies that pop up from grass roots

   Aqua Over-world where are you?

   It was great, grand!

   The Edelmees chase my back
   To stop
   To return once again
   The ever, ever--Aqua Over-world
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Title Annotation:POETRY
Author:Henry, Natalie
Publication:Kola
Article Type:Poem
Date:Mar 22, 2005
Words:358
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