alone
missing a mirroring friend
you lie down under your duvet
like under water
under the weather
looking out the dark
square of window
lost in thought
sinking back
breathing to relax
feeling behind your eyelids
snowflakes soft as feathers
falling on your tensions
loosening up
feeling warmth in your heart
keeping your cool
imagining
your mystical twin
a sturdy girl with black pageboy hair
cheekbones and dimples
in a silver silky bodysuit
speckled like sealskin
wisdom’s wetsuit
she’s Sophia of the seals
swimming like the world soul
women used to take up their sealskin
women used to take to the sea
wisdom of ambience
swimming in icy water
her strong muscles visible
beneath the backless strapless
part shamanic part
partygoing skin
listening to the seals speaking
wisdom of ambiguity
her thoughts visible
inside her clear mind
brilliant brainchildren
ready to be born
you don’t need to be amphibious
but the fact of her is freeing
your dream of her is keeping
her up like salt water
Vera Kelgart (with dendritic inner child Isis crystal 'Viriditas) 2019
