Hydra - Party

You told me I took your hand although I could not remember this detail; the delight in your eyes reminded me of a small child waiting for the grownups to offer sweets and chocolate later, your eyes followed me impatient for the gifts to be unwrapped you told me you heard the sound of leonard cohen outside in night's settling dust and heat and having come so far asked if you might join the gathering in a spirit of generosity I gave you life membership

Hydra - Gifts

from Piraeus harbour
we sailed to the island
to seek the enchanter
we drank the local beer
the cheap champagne
the enchanter made us believe
they had come from
the finest cellars in europe

to those of us who had come in search of beauty
he gave hessian sacks
filled with pebbles shaped like faces
those who had given up hope
of finding the missing pieces of their tranquility
were given parcels of disquiet
beautifully wrapped and sealed
disguised as olive soap

those who came in search of solutions
were given riddles to solve
those who already had the answers
he took their questions away

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More Hydra poems by Lizzie coming pretty soon...