LANDED, STRANDED


A reflection upon the evolutionary inversion from aquatic to terrestrial life
 
I used to be
Within the Sea
An identity
Of You and Me
Submerged
In Commonality
Of Sounding
Between Airy Heights
And Bottom Depths
Waving Correspondence
Through Inseparable Togetherness
Of Content with Context
 
But, Now,
Dry
Abstracted
Space comes between Us
A separating distance
An unbecoming Outside
Alienating Forms
As Fixtures
Stranded in Isolation
Entities
Non-identities
Conflicting
Oblivious of Our Belonging
Together
 
Oxygen
Now, moving Fast
Not Languidly
Tans our Hides
Protecting Our Inner Spaces
Against its own
Consuming Presence
Supporting Combustion
Burning Us Out
 
But all this sealing
Removes Our Feeling
Setting Our Content
At Odds with Our Context
So that we push
Against the Pull
With Backs to Front
Itching to Relieve
Unbearable Friction
 
And So Now
Just Let's Go
And, with Loving Fear
Dive into the Clear
And Swim Where it's Cool
To be In With the Pool
Together