How do you sing back into your body
When your skin has been eaten away
By fish, by husbands, by the word: too
“I know,” says the selkie.
“I know,” says Skeleton Woman.
Find a small drum. Hum
in the shower. Re member
A song stitched you together
Once seal song lyre harp
Severed fingers sink, swim
“Sing” says the selkie.
“Fall in love,” says Skeleton Woman.
Rattle in your chest. Your drum is
Your heart, or your heart is
A drum. Both are true, as long
As something beats
As tides breathe in
Out
In
Beautiful!