Pool Is Open

I can’t float.

I can’t swin.

 

My body is full of water.

 

You dive in

such poise and confidence

and I watch you.

 

You can float.

You can swim.

 

Yet, you step out

from the world I provide

to the world you live in.

 

I know you will be back -

my body, it refreshes you

it reminds you of youth

of freedom and

what you can be.

 

Another day, you return

deep in thought -

you share your mind with me and

you open up.

 

I listen to your thoughts.

I feel your turmoil.

I see your determination.

I watch as you push hard

to the other side.

 

It’s as clear as I am 

you should spend more time

deep inside of me -

until you need air.

 

I wonder if the air you breath

hurts you 

when you are so happy 

in my body of water?

 

I cry and I refill my loss -

until you come again.

 

In here you are all mine

out there

you are their’s.

 

Swim in me.