Hélène Cardona

Spellbound

Fall asleep at the lake tonight,
No boundaries, like a fairy,
I’m the eagle song, a calling,
Light defying gravity,
Someone you could steal horses with,
Case of mistaken identity,
Tears transforming into fish in the air,
Force that propels forward,
Surrenders, proclaims who I am,
With the kind of passport God has,
Her will an explosion,
Words for bullets,
I’ll bring you everything I have to offer,
Stardust, silence,
Grace from heaven and flutes like wind,
Impish, mischievous, good and bad,
Pulled out of myself into the spell,
I’ll ask anything, the unthinkable,
I move so fast, breathless,
Delicate craftsmanship,
I must’ve walked on all fours,
Elongated, neither human nor animal,
Creature you only see in magic.

Hélène Cardona

"Spellbound" is from Life in Suspension (forthcoming from Tupelo Press).

First posted on May 22, 2011 5:45 AM