audible.turbulence in a reflection

can you paint my eyes

green, she whispered

and then she laughed

and said

.

if i were asleep you could

if i were asleep

you would

.

and like sand she scooped

me into her hands

and she lowered me

into the

warmth of the

water

.

and as she splashed water

my way

she said

.

you won't get far that way

that way