Yemoja

Beneath the eyelids
Are visions dreary
Yemoja is running barefooted
To me-
In her hands are two bright stars
Covered in palm oil, scorching her palms.
She is a denizen of Atlantis
Cursed to wander the
Gully of tears.
Beneath the eyelids
Are visions dreary
Yemoja is running bare-breasted
To me.