SHE PEERS INTO WATER whose blackness is obsidian,
Waters deeper than an Atlantic trench that swallows down
Unwary mariners in search of mysterious ports of call.
Is it a wandering lost love she seeks, a foolish man who
Abandoned hearth and home and love in search of El
Dorado, that hidden city of overgrown ruins?
The woman looks in vain, for these waters can no more be
Fathomed than the heart of the lover who left her when
Seduced by elusive riches that beckoned from beyond.