I’m free diving
letting bubbled liquid
fill my ears
to heavy quiet
but for the tinkling
of sand
sifting
my body
moving
with the rocking sway
of currents

I float
through thick space
maneuvering in the blue
streaming sunlight
that casts holographic hallways
azure passageways
through which
I slowly swim

in the water world
there is weighted silence
and dazzling sights
prisms of light

If I were to open my mouth
to tell you
I would be drinking a salty soup

in this bluish realm
I can only
slowly
make a gesture
toward the essence
of this calm

later will be the surfacing
a gasp for breath
teeth exposed to air in smile
rivulets of salt streaming
to an open mouth
a tongue to tell