public pool
cloudy gray-wash skies and
red lifeguards perching, it's
too cold for laughter but
the water shivers with you, beckons with
glassy glints from damp concrete and
useless sunglasses, with
maternal shush, shushing into
criss-cross grates.
trembling, lips blue, you hover at poolside.
don't dip your toes, should
fear creep back up them and slither scalp-ward, should it
force small back-steps to the
warmth of a dry towel and
the promise of hot soup for lunch.
instead
dive without thought
slice through this slab of land-locked ocean
cold-shock muscle-tense, hair unfurls
submerge in water and silence, sink deep,
feel both pool in your ears, embrace the
tight pressure in your lungs, curl knees close.
remain.
open your eyes.
all is blue and whisper-soft
a pause from reality, reminding you
that you were born from silence once, before
your body shudders once more.
your lungs are empty.
you break free from beauty with
water streaming through eyelashes-dark, you
mar the glass-glint surface with grace.
goosebumps bubble up,
blue lips gasp, rough breaths, eyes blink wild-fast,
brace yourself, then
go under again.
Points: 32
Reviews: 10
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