Splash - Ian Lilburne

Splash
A big one this time
Diving in
Naked body buoyed by the
Blue
Bubbling
All-embracing pool
Breast stroking underwater
Butter flying above
Immersed
Free to move in this
River-running
Fun-loving
Life-giving stream

A far cry from my morning’s fantasy
Solitary hilltop
Hypnotic raindrop patter
Green moist leaf and lacelike dew
Encompassed world
Reaching only to the rain
Yet alike in alone
Yet this time a part
Ever so easily afloat

Bounding out to feel the now warm air
Goosefleshing
Inner-glowing
Rivulets running down my
Erstwhile ignored body
Ever so easily afloat on this
Warm rush of life
Ever so easily adrift on this
Onward flowing current
Ever so easily onward flowing
Ever so easily
Ever so