how she swims

[judih]

how she swims the world
effortlessly, at one with all
inviting us to join, showing us the way
long sleek legs, shimmering wet
turquoise is her trail,
hair whistling in the waves


judih
march5/05

[cenacle]

waves sigh greater when a body falls through,
boat in pieces, the plan to defeat the hours
gone, she remembers a word, a shimmer,
the pass of a younger day when she knew much more...