Ishtar's Slave

open your ear to me

bondpoet

and breathe

arise

at the dawn of my smile

take my hand

and lead me

to the place where the waters tremble

and the quiets of the universe subside

then dance with me under the hemlock tree

and let us squeeze together

the berries so poison and bitter

and loose us every fetter

let us die together

in the arms

of one another

and let the ecstasy of death

touch upon our tongue

then may the light of day

upon us

find us smiling

dead and done

free at last

uncrossed by the stars

cosmically undone

-jenn long