NAUSICAA
I stand at the ocean
This tumultuous black mirror
Roaring like life
And reflect
Oh, chaos
I am everything
This blood unseen
Trickling out
Pulsing so naturally
But rank in the way
It calls him to me
Yes, the night swarms
In the body of predators
Circling around
This burning ship
Ivy Johnson is a poet and performance artist in Oakland, CA. Her book, As They Fall was published by Timeless, Infinite Light in 2013. She is co-founder of The Third Thing, a feminist performance art duo. They have a chapbook out with Portable Press at Yo-Yo Labs. She is currently working on a book of poetry about the ecstatic entitled Born Again.
