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She comes / she goes
I love her,
ah, she comes as she goes
in soothing, playful waves
at first, a conch shell remains
with a siren song in her place.
I love her, ah,
yes, I love her.
Ah, she comes then she goes
with stronger tides yet
as the earth erupts the moon
shifting to the darker side.
I love her, ah,
yes, I love her.
And she loves—
Ah, she comes but she goes
like tsunamis when an indigo
butterfly flaps flaps flaps
creating chaos all around.
I love her, ah,
yes, I love her.
And she loves
me neither.
~ Nadia Gerassimenko
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Nadia Gerassimenko is the founding editor of Moonchild Magazine and proofreader at Red Raven Book Design. She is a freelancer in editorial services by trade, a poet and writer by choice, a moonchild and nightdreamer by spirit. Nadia self-published her first chapbook Moonchild Dreams (2015). at the water’s edge is her second chapbook, published by Rhythm & Bones Press (2019).
