Title:  Siren Song
Author: Shelba B.
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Siren's Song
By Shelba B
A haunting mermaid mid the swell
And rapture of that summer sea...

It's the deep, still dark, right before dawn, when I slip out 
of my room and seek out the water's edge. Starfish and 
driftwood tumble in blue-black waves that push ships 
in to harbor and toss conch shells onto the sand. 

Years ago, Missy and I hunted the curved shells with 
their ocean voices and dreamt we were mermaids calling 
our lovers home from the sea.

The sand is slick and cool underfoot and the air's salty 
tang invokes the memory of your skin's taste.

The stars wink out and dawn arrives, gray and silent, till
the pink and gold sun rises from the ocean, bringing warmth 
and life. 

At Mom's house, Will is probably awake by now, charming his 
grandma and filling the gray Baltimore morning with his own 
light and sounds.

My dawns have been gray for a long time, and it's been too long 
since I tasted your skin.

Today, Mulder, I call you home.

Fin~

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Poetry excerpt: "The Spirit of the Wheat" by Edward A. U. Valentine