scorpio
Today you will dream in Russian and wake with the smell of vanilla. As you catch yourself singing Motley Crue songs, you will taste the menthol cigarettes of your teens. You will swim in nostalgia and for once this will make you laugh with your eyes and your mouth. You will desire red fruit for lunch and lick the juice that runs across your palms like blood. You will allow people to sit next to you on the tram without physically recoiling. Others will gravitate to your uncharacteristic desire to experiment, and you will find yourself ordering coffees you can’t pronounce. Words will flow from your fingertips and pour onto the page in a torrent of black ink. You will tie your hair in a knot secured with cinnamon sticks and wear cherry red lipstick so bright that strangers stare. You will remember the taste of his fingers and smile gently. You will read Nietzsche with a German dictionary on your lap and sit for an hour without moving as the gloaming spills gold over your back yard. You will drink tequila in brandy balloons and email people you’ve never met in countries you can’t spell. You will walk through your house wearing just your skin and its etchings, and not flinch as you glide past the windows. You will understand that this Winter Solstice heralds the new cycle, and you will tattoo this on your flesh in spirals of black and red, forever spinning you between your past, future, and your ever glorious present. And as night-time coils around your bed, you will dream in Russian again.
© bellmusker 2007
Comments
Words so exquisite, they drip with life energy that illuminates my soul…
I sit her in awe…..tantalised and fearful at the serendipitous moment our paths crossed…
Mmm, prose that sparkles and flickers as it pours forth. Nice.
why, now that is something to relive and look forward to again…
beautiful, Bell. Will you write Aquarius please?
Scorpio – so glad I stumbled on this – love the intensity and the wildness under every line – controlled and wild and great stuff!!!
especially love this line:-
“…You will remember the taste of his fingers and smile gently…”
mmm…nice thought for the day :)
So, so lovely to log on and find these wonderful messages. Thank you all!
Sweet Lisa – I always marvel at your words, so to hear you praise mine fills me with joy.
Chris – I really felt the words pour forth; so glad you find them sparkling.
Jess – your comments on my writing always, always make me smile.
Anne – I will muse on Aquarius and see what comes out!
Suzanne – the line that resonated with you the most was the one that holds the most darkness for me. If you read my ‘gorgon’ story, you’ll see that I’m not yet at the stage where I can smile gently at such memories……but that’s the essence behind this piece: it is, after all, a prediction. I only pray that I get there.
Thank you all again.
bellmusker – i’ll have to go and read ‘gorgon’ story now….and will post there,,,,,bye for now xs
so many messages come through your writing.
Difficult for me to express my feelings in a language that’s not my native.. but
intense meanings and feelings anyway.
Mmmm…delectable.
I want to close my eyes and have someone read this to me..it’s just so scrumptious.
Every time I’ve looked at this I’ve loved the opening line! It feels so gorgeously random. So many wonderful ideas! And Kristy’s comment sounds like a great idea too :)