Visions
diving, technicolor
Lasers, snorkles
Strobes across vermillion
Featherstars, fine silt
Coral shelves...
Visibility
shifts. Respect
The formidable. Silk slips over
Lagoon tunnels, eely reefs, volcanic
Stalagmites, the
holders of lost missiles,
Ships, planes...
Plankton blooms, viscous, the touch
Suddenly rubbery lace, pearl-smooth
Hair
somersaulting with salt bubbles
That dream in another language...
What's the password, friendly fish?
You---amberjack,
borrito, cabria,
Doado. You---yellowtail wahoo,
Manta, you giant kites-----
Can't you let your secret
sound out?
You, strange streets breathing the ghosts
Of Cortez, Micronesia, Fiji, the orient-----
Your hope is an
irridescent thing,
Your very walls teeming...
Waves, waves, you continuous cast-offs,
Strip off my robes, waken the
gills...
Listen, let me back. This time, promise,
I won't ever leave
~by Stephen Mead
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