Life Aquatic
by Carmen H Gray
Look into their eyes
See we are each other
The wound of alienation
Instability of isolation
Needs a balm
Something to inhibit
Something to calm
The heat, the pressure
Our stories are singular
Within our limited sight
Until we see each other
As combined, voluminous light
Everything external initiates within
And returns there, too
Fear, love, shame, grace
The things outside reflect
The soul’s birthplace
Can it be subdued?
Can it be unbound?
Can we overcome the things
That keep us deeply drowned?
We were once aquatic
Can we go there again?
To that vulnerable state?
Of symbiotic harmony
An encased vertebrate
Exchanging cells
And tissue growth
Can we come back to this life
And see one another
For who we are
Without the violent strife?
Monarca Rising 