Son of the Sun by Joni Caggiano

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my lingering limbs upon a solitary tree

eyes indigo, darting in a hypnotic state

heart akin to a hummingbird’s wing

Orpheus fashions purity in poetic bliss

fish, even rocks move to trade a kiss

my unsheathe skin lay on Balkan rock

notes from lyre waltz on savory breasts

birds kissing his image on the Aegean sea

smelling him, a ribbon amid my thighs

foreseeing soft touch in darkening skies

when next, clinging passionately was I

my heart and body aching for his voice

stagnant rocks and fish now lay lifeless

Apollo’s Greek son beheaded by the sea

death looms, for I now no longer wish to be

-JONI CAGGIANO

Joni’s blog is Rum and Robots, where she has published poetry, photography, and short stories. Take a look at Joni’s work in Spillwords Press NYC, Vita Brevis Press, The Finest Example, The Tiny Seed Literary Journal, I Write Her – The Short of it, and MasticadoresUSA. Joni’s work was included in the following anthologies: The Sound of Brilliance (The Short of It Publishing, Volume 1 2020), Inner Eye (Poets Choice, 2021), and It’s Not Easy (Poets Choice 2021). Her blog is an effort to give back – she is a surviving Adult Child of Alcoholics. Joni is a retired nurse and paralegal.

You can also read her writing on Instagram @jonicaggiano and Twitter @theinnerchild1.

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