Oh My Scorpio

You are my lover,
my impulsive, passionate thrill,
tight-fisted and lost
in your own turmoil.

This Capricorn lives
on solid ground, predictable
and steady while you
raft the turbulent waters,
riding wave after intense wave.

I pace the shoreline,
throwing a life buoy
luring you to dry ground.
But the waves cocoon you,
a false safety net where you hide.

You run from the open sky,
the moon and the sun
that guides my outstretched hand,
our fingers slide past each other.

I grab and tug. The current
drags you back. I steady my stance,
adjust my grip.

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Editor’s Notes and Image Credit: See “Capricorn and Scorpio Compatibility: Love, Sex, and More” by “Angel Eyedealism” and the illustrated map of sky [by Studio Grafiikka, available for purchase]

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Chris Wood

Chris Wood is a lease analyst by day, student by night, and writer in between. Chris lives in Tennessee with her husband and two German shepherds and works for a REIT company. She is currently earning her bachelor's degree and has poetry published in Conch.es, Poetry Quarterly, Haiku Journal, and Three Line Poetry. She also won second prize in the 2016 CWG Spring Writing Contest for her poem, Thus Your Live Grows.

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