My poem Í Lie Down'(published in The Arms of Men – MPU, 2019) included in Australian Poetry Anthology Vol. 8
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I lie Down
At night I lie down
and dream of love,
wrapped tight
in the muscled arms of men.
On crowded railway platforms
men with olive skin
smile at me with green eyes.
In low-lit back streets
men in linen suits
pass me messages,
written on café napkins,
stained with red wine
or is it blood?
A man with hair alive
like electric snakes
passes close to me,
touches my elbow, then
stands in a doorway waiting,
his breath on my neck.
Men stamped with tattoos
of skulls and knives
whisper in my ear words
that can never be understood.
Love is a perilous country.
Innuendo lurks everywhere.
I still remember the orange sunlight
scorched in strips across white sheets
and your limbs arranged
an impassable mountain range,
the humid air carrying promises
of kisses more articulate than words
Each night I lie down expecting.
