WHALE WATCHING

14thJul. × ’17

Just below the surface
you only make yourself known
every so often
subtle spray of water
breathing
elusive turn
almost
so close

You remind me of all
I do not know
Mystery beneath
you play
teasing your tail
emerges
this is too much
But then you go
and all I want is you
to spout again

I sit on my safe coastline
watch and wait
wondering when to swim

If I make it past the sandbar
I would just be cold
No place to be
you you
merely human me


What if we switched?
…

I imagine you on the beach
forgetting about me
in your well packed picnic
Preparation has gone on to get here
but there I still am
Just a little further out

I am the dangling carrot
bait breadcrumbs
siren come hither
do not wait

On beautiful days I emerge
show some skin
coquette play
in your gaze

I am good at this
I am good at most things
if you indulge

Whale watch me
safe from your shore
Appreciate my evasiveness
and I’ll try to stay
off your direct course

It feels good to be your distant hope
I keep coming closer in
Will you touch me?
Am I baiting too much?

Will I swallow you?
Will you swallow me?

This is not cannibalism
This is different states conjoined

I need air
I need a UFO
I need gravity
I need escape
I need liftoff

I should go home

You’re too easy to reach
this is no less a mistake
Where are the whale hunters?
This landscape is unsafe

I should study harpoons
I should read self help
I should make a cake

If I don’t spout
will you stop watching?
Why have I forgotten
about drowning?

Autonomic nerves
begin their pre programmed play

Words cannot reach you
I am just swimming

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