Over Falls 

Thank you, MIchael Hermiston, for your beautiful retelling... • Over Falls by NAncy Le...
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“Fine birds have brought you,” Sappho said
“Winging down the sky”
My “crazy heart” is painted red
Love is my alibi
For love of Aphrodite
My ally from the start
“Quick sparrows over black earth”
Be gentle with my heart
She dreams she washes over falls
Underneath the moon
Spinning like a shooting star
Inside a silk cocoon
To rise again to ride alone
Through atmospheric skies
No shadow shows so no one knows
Or sees her when she flies
On starless nights that have no gleam
She leaves and looks for you
She finds a place inside your dreams
And hides until they’re through
Some nights you walk through dreams alone
Some nights she stays with you
Some nights she wants to take you home
To see what you would do
She dreams she washes over falls
Underneath the moon
Spinning like a shooting star
Inside a silk cocoon
To rise again to ride alone
Through atmospheric skies
No shadow shows so no one knows
Or sees her when she flies
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Own song-sketch... with bits (in quotes) from the poet Sappho, written 2,600 years ago.