La Dulce Vida ~ The Sweet Life: Song to the Siren...

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Song to the Siren...

From my About Page

I was born on an enchanted island at the shores of the Caribbean Sea.

Where I weaved seashells and starfish into my hair.

Dreaming of mermaids, pirates and Undines.

I played under the hot sun close to the equator and underneath

many waterfalls for most of my childhood...

I danced to African drumbeats underneath the moonlit skies...

Under the rain forest canopy I fell in love for the first time.

Now, I live where the sun rises on the coast of Georgia.

Because the ocean is a part of me and who I am...

Close to the horizon I wish to be.

My interconnection with the ocean is organic neither trite or cynical. There are days when I crave the salty taste on my lips like some crave a piece of cake. As a child, I swore I could hear Yemaya calling me from the inside of the many seashells and waves that I played in. I ate sea grapes under many palm groves pretending to be the queen of it all. There... on the groves... the pirates would try to take my land which I would defend fiercely with the same machete that would help me drink my coconut water.

When I became a women my walk would try to mimic the sway and way of the palm trees on a windy afternoon. Those same palm trees would serve as my bed while I would read poetry to my beloveds. I drank many bottles of Lambrusco underneath them and received many kisses. The ocean is part of me and who I am...