You remember the sound of the
undulating waves crashing under
the hull with specks of starlight
salting the darkness
I gripped the freezing banister
imagining falling in
down till the sound of my voice
drowned
frowning as the dense water bounds
for my lungs
spinning around till I reach the
depth of my soul.
You’re that great white circling
my ocean seeking
the scent of my blood
that shark bumping it’s nose
against my still carcass
leaving bite marks to remind me we’re
not foes
supposed to sink but the floater
keeps me drinking.
You recall the way our voices
lifted when we were alone
shone my own shadow on your
ceiling
garbling goodbyes with distant
prizes
you make it rain when you smile
imagining those wet dots sliding
down your pallid cheeks
staring at the sinking pink in the
sky
mild daylight shrinking into the
horizontal sheath
my eyes count the visibly planets
shyly
revealing their true colors to me.
