A Poem a Day (510): In water

 
Poetry prompt from Robert Brewer: write a water poem.

 
In water
 
Everything is lost
and everything is found
in water. The bluest of blue,
a weave of twisting liquid,
 
the passage of form
resurrected into being,
to be blown and divided,
peered into, reflections whole,
satisfying thirst’s lust
and our passion to wander,
dreaming.
 
We set sail on its patterns,
the looseness of its shadows,
a dance towards the horizon
of dripping colour.
 
Life envelops us,
its creatures swarming all
around, startled by movement
and sound, breaking the line
to leap from the deep,
where everything breathes in
silence.
 
Copyright Vickie Johnstone, June 5, 2022