I lay things in the deep

I’ll lead you to the pool

Undress you for your somber dive

Bid you prayers and warnings

Love on my breath, our lips

And you dip beneath the stillness 

You’ll see me, I think

Parts I’ve never shown

Places in the deep

You’ll swim down and see them

Raise a light to the drowned ruins

Read the writing in dead tongues

And you’ll surface

Wipe the wet from your face

Tell me what you’ve seen I whisper

And you’ll smile at me

Beauty