{"id":3679,"date":"2019-07-29T12:40:35","date_gmt":"2019-07-29T12:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enchantedlivingmagazine.com\/?p=3679"},"modified":"2019-08-05T13:36:56","modified_gmt":"2019-08-05T13:36:56","slug":"the-seal-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enchantedlivingmagazine.com\/the-seal-wife\/","title":{"rendered":"The Seal Wife"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Illustration by Julia Jeffrey of Stonemaiden Art<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span class=\"dropcap dropcap2\">S<\/span>ometimes when we fight,<br \/>\nI want to slip on my seal skin<br \/>\nand disappear beneath the waves.<br \/>\nI warned you when we married<br \/>\nthere are only so many times<br \/>\nI can drink my own tears<br \/>\nbefore the ocean comes frothing<br \/>\nand roaring to claim me,<br \/>\nbecause the ocean loves her daughters<br \/>\nand doesn\u2019t take kindly to men.<\/p>\n<p>The moon glinted full and fat-bellied<br \/>\nover the sharp steel and spires<br \/>\nthe night we first met.<br \/>\nYour kiss was the carbon of earth and of beer,<br \/>\nand I, intoxicated,<br \/>\ncould not drink enough.<br \/>\nWe spelled each other\u2019s names<br \/>\nhigh above the river<br \/>\nand in the factory far beneath us<br \/>\nin the early morning hours<br \/>\ncame the soft smell of yeast and<br \/>\nfreshly baked bread.<\/p>\n<p>I followed you south like a snowbird,<br \/>\nbody bright with the promise of dunes and bath water,<br \/>\nto a land where mosquitos bit like wildfire,<br \/>\nwhere haints lingered in front hallways<br \/>\nand bottles decked trees<br \/>\nto keep away the dead.<\/p>\n<p><em>Where were my rocks and my mosses, <\/em><br \/>\n<em>My shaley-cold waters of green? <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Where there were dunes and bath water, there were dishes to scour<br \/>\nand laundry to fold.<br \/>\nI tucked my seal skin away<br \/>\nwhere it moldered and stank<br \/>\nas my body grew old.<\/p>\n<p>One night I\u2019ll break free,<br \/>\nand hair streaming behind<br \/>\nI\u2019ll race for the beach.<br \/>\nThe wind, brackish and thick<br \/>\nwill soften the air<br \/>\nand cling to my cheek.<br \/>\nI won\u2019t be able to hear you<br \/>\nover the sound of my feet<br \/>\npounding the wood<br \/>\nthe roar of the water<br \/>\nthe hot lure of sand.<br \/>\nAround me the sea-brush will twist and sing,<br \/>\nsheltering the boardwalk<br \/>\nin a thousand arches:<br \/>\na tunnel of green<br \/>\nthat will carry me away<br \/>\nback to the sea.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"s1\"><em>Article From 2017 Spring Issue #38<\/em><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><i><br \/>\n<\/i><\/span><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.faeriemag.com\/collections\/subscribe\"><i>Subscribe<\/i><\/a><\/span><span class=\"s3\"><i>\u00a0\/\/\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.faeriemag.com\/collections\/magazine\"><span class=\"s4\"><i>Print<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0\/\/\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.faeriemag.com\/collections\/digital-downloads\"><span class=\"s4\"><i>Digital<\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Julia Jeffrey<\/strong> is a Scottish artist and illustrator. Her fairy and fantasy-themed work has been featured in numerous international fantasy magazines and her <span class=\"s1\">first tarot deck, <\/span>The Tarot of the Hidden Realm, was published in 2013. Learn more at <a href=\"http:\/\/stonemaiden-art.com\">stonemaiden-art.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Illustration by Julia Jeffrey of Stonemaiden Art Sometimes when we fight, I want to slip on my seal skin and disappear beneath the waves. 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