What it Means to Sink

Around you, I feel my body swarm inside itself like a flood

Water becomes a peaceful pulsation

then waves crash gently

purposefully

on the man-made sand

and without realization the water is without color

Then I realize

transparency now defines me

and your touch turns the water into lava

closer now, your body melts seamlessly into mine

And as one, we transform to make new lands

mounds turn into mountains

and streams move aimlessly into the ocean

What I have lacked to find in nature’s humanistic qualities

I have found in you

Your eyes can pierce through a mountainside, to form a canyon

that will become a spectacle for onlookers

Looking for the same things as I

Your hips speak volumes that not even Epicurus could confide

He spoke of this with such dexterity, that the word “tranquility” took on a whole new meaning

The way your lips have a way to make one sink deep under a hypnotic, catatonic spell

How the lone sailor stranded at sea cries in understanding

Then he, too, begins to sink