Blue eyes, sometimes grey and stormy

Others clear as cloudless day. One moment safe

Enveloped in translucent depths

Next, the ice wall melts

Glaciers crash below; an enormous splash

Waves build

A mountain face of swirling color, kaleidoscope of shimmering light

Smothering

Drowning

Swallowing blue and salt and foam

Choking

Spewing

Struggling to swim up

Desperate for air

Weak arms and legs struggle against the swirl of white

The surface looms, dancing

Unattainable

Ocean mass weighing down. Blue is all that is known

Kelp entangling limbs in their slick embrace

Brown eyes, vast, the darkest depths of the universe

A deep cavern beckons

A warm breath of air, summoned from the deep, loosens the chill of the ocean’s grip

One blink holds all existence

Reflecting pools of stardust on damp skin

Calm

Safe

Loved

Stars shine against the sky’s backdrop

A tableau of flickering candle lights

Ethereal glow upon the ocean’s surface

Ready