Hue’s Dancing Streets
Zig zag through the streets
Pedaling on the wings of a Pegasus
through the sea of stars
Bright lights flash towards me
I swim around them
as they dodge me simultaneously
Left Right Either way it goes
Heart beats
up through my throat
Stomach busy with butterflies
Chatting with each other
about my last brush
with the devil
Swallowed my soul
as it jumped through my throat
Took it back inside me
for another ride
Perchance a meeting with death
but today was not my turn
4 July 2004
revisited 20 October 2004
Hoi An, Corner Cafe
two by two
here we go
you be the pedals
and I’ll be your handlebars
side by side
we ride and ride
smiles shaded by hats
too big for our heads
white as snow
something we may never know
one two one two
which way do we go
this way that way
either way we go
and ride happy
-girls on bicycles in Hoi An
4 July 2004
revisited 20 October 2004
Dancing
Indigo dancing
on the fingertips of
daughters mothers
grandmothers
Silver moons
stretch to the stars
of their midnight sky
Bangles wrapped around
the arm that reaches
towards the sun
the length of their waist
Memories spun atop the mind
wrapped in an indigo secret
Smiles glitter with gold
Blankets of rainbows
surrounded by curious angels
Butterflies dancing
above our thoughts
landing on our shoulders
Bringing happiness
with the kisses
on our salty necks
June 30, 2004
revisited October 20, 2004
the view from here
poetry trickles
from the tongues of lovers
trees breeze by
in a memory of shade
coconuts climb
on top of each other
childhood screams
in the background
toothless smiles
create happiness lines
ages of wisdom
reflected
in a mirror of curiosity
Kara Melissa
Hoi An, Vietnam
4 July 2004
revisited 20 October 2004
