World Within His Body

there’s a world within his body

each limb a continent

his sweat like rivulets

there’s an ocean painted on his torso

between his left and right elbow

all seven seas in the space between his knees

but most of all, his face--

it stretches out past Jupiter

I see galaxies in his eyes

his freckles are constellations

three at a time -- there:

Orion’s belt above his left eyebrow

each tear he sheds: a nebula

his skin acts as a black night sky

pouring out over everything I love

meteor shower: every sentence he speaks

his attention is my entire universe;

I’m obsessed with every single star

Athena is the Greek goddess of war and wisdom, although she admits that intelligence and battle have little to do with one another. She writes both fiction and nonfiction, and thoroughly enjoys watching you try to discern between them. She sincerely hopes you enjoy her work, but bids you remember she will employ her sister Artemis to hunt you down should you merely consider plagiarism. She currently resides in Florida.