Bioluminescence by Zoey McKenzie

Do not fear sweet siren songs Powered by oxygen nibbles and luciferin magic She sings vine tendrils that catch and curl Tender shoots, a lock of hair twirled dreamily around a finger She sings sea foam and starfish and saline waves Crashing and then calming Smashing and then draining and pooling Ebbing and shuffle bubble around barnacled rocks Release your hands clamped so tightly over your ears The fortune lines of your palms crisscrossed across cartilage turns and soft lobe She sings and we watch the mysterious underbelly of clouds Glide and drift across the night sky Damp silence punctuated by a satisfied WHOOSH and spray of twinkling constellations Green lightning bug glow of our watches Cool, forest ghosts Winking and flirting and dancing in darkness