I dive
When passion touches heart and skin
I dive
Satisfy the need for deep dark water
Down down down
Torpedo fast down down
where the noise above is as dim
As the light is dim
Where the mysteries of shadows are
Revealed in the calm resting current
Where surrounding waters like a heavy blanket
soothe me
You swim, I think
When passion touches skin
To keep from heart, I think
You prefer the shallow end where
Body can find buoyancy
But feet can always come back to solid ground.
The deep end for you too dark too deep
Surrounding waters like a liquid cage closing in
Panic in the fear of drowning
pushing arms and legs fast fast
torpedo fast up up
To the surface breath of light and air
I would have risen to the surface with you
To feel sun and breath and light and air
Had you been willing to dive with me into the primordial
Where breath is liquid
And silence brings a truth that words destroy.
But instead, I work the deep waters
And watch you
Above me
Swim away.
© Sabrina Santa Clara, 2012