DEBORAH SETIYAWATI & CARL SCHARWATH - BEWITCHED

Deborah Setiyawati is an Indonesian writer. She has been published numerous times internationally and is currently working on her first collection of poetry. She is also a dress designer, singer and advocate for women and children rights.
Carl Scharwath has appeared globally with 150+ journals selecting his poetry, short stories, interviews, essays, plays or art photography.Two poetry books 'Journey To Become Forgotten' (Kind of a Hurricane Press).and 'Abandoned' (ScarsTv) have been published. Carl is the art editor for Minute Magazine, a dedicated runner and 2nd degree black- belt in Taekwondo.

​BEWITCHED

​When the reeds parted
He caught a glimpse of her
There was the river goddess
From her eyes
He saw the sol aloft the horizon
Full moon –
In her smile
Drove away the darkest eve
Verdant buds break through –
Fertile soil
Amongst her legs
What like gazelle's
With her presence –
For now the winter is past
The rain is over and gone
Vernal equinox –
The beginning of spring