In Deep Water
The pool water is almost
80 degrees
in early June. The sun is still high
at dinner time.
With no one else in sight
I choose Wynton Marsalis
for company
turn up my speaker
and walk
into the shallow
end of the pool
to wash away a sweaty day
of doctor appointments,
unanswerable questions.
Overhead two hawks glide
and play,
catch air currents. I am buoyed
by a flotation belt
and my pumping legs
in the deep end.
8 thoughts on "In Deep Water"
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Lovely
I adore this poem, Lennie!
Lovely! So visual.
yes, there is something magical about being buoyed in deep water
Good, detailed writing with a refreshing tone.
Lovely
I like the interplay of deep end and unanswerable questions
Being in water is always such a comfort, regardless of time, place, circumstance. You nailed that feeling.