Olympos
(1 March 2010)
on the wet floors
of the rocks
of the rocks
on the wet floors
grayed steps
lighting sheets
stone steps
stone steps
boulders
stone steps
heat and oil
a place of
eternal torches
we were cold
we were cold
it was raining
we were cold
a place of stones
and rocks
and rain
loud slaps from the dark sky
loud slaps over the Mediterranean
and these torches
these torches
among the rocks
these eternal torches
among the rocks
a place of ruins
a place of Roman ruins
decayed columns
fallen columns
crumbling columns
the beginning of the end
of a new relationship
amid thorns
amid forking paths
amid frogs
amid one chilled out
sunbathing turtle
splayed legs
leathery head
shell slightly cracked
softer softer softer
than i had imagined
waded in
waded in
the Mediterranean
the Mediterranean
the Mediterranean
watched others
wade
further