Michael Hedges



Shell Shock Venus aborted at sea
Her youthful uniform torn open and free
Floating where the whirlpools swirl
Men came diving for her pearl

They'd scour her surfaces
She'd dredge up their deep
In a chaotic universe, shallow but sweet
And as the merman hurl
Woman went careening from the girl

And no line of questioning
Could penetrate her nerve
But something was tapping her reserve

Ashes of innocence and splinters of dreams
Her anger in residence, ripping the seams
Petrifying fast
She anchored to that mast

And through waves of ecstasy
They would compromise
But something was lacking in her eyes

Reptiles in water and a goddess in heat
We dream't of a daughter, Venus and me
Floating where the whirlpools swirl
Men came diving for her pearl
 
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