Tuesday, 21 November 2023

how to inadequately describe a sea swim

 how to inadequately describe a sea swim


the sea  always different

sometimes out

sometimes in

obviously 

sometimes half way

then there’s the rip

rough calm black blue cloudy

thoughts suspended in a stir of sand

black stormy sky east

bristol way

the surf and then the spume blown

by an east wind

laying like a crocheted doily

linen like

     then suddenly

the sun comes out and it is dazzling

whiter than heaven 

dazzlingly awesome

look how i stand mesmerised 

around me no one to say

look  look

oh wow  wow

i do

out loud

     then

it’s gone slowly  slowly   slam

black is the loneliness 

of eyes that are shut

just the sensation of cold water

all that is left is physical

until the next rebirth

of the death pull

under my toes

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