Tumbled from shard to smooth,
I have been surrounded by rocks
Rocks tumbled from the flow of water
Rocks tumbled from the dives off cliffs
Shrouded by cities
Smothered, yet distant
I wished for this
I wanted to be small, I wanted to be round, to be a soul, a tumbled rock with no edges
In the river, I feel it, the slow disintegration, dissolving of body into water
I roll and am rolled into myself
In the desert, I feel it, the quick drying, cracking of skin unnecessary
Emerged, I am small, able to navigate, able to be lost in depths
Emerged I am rounded, clearer, self
Has your shadow ever held your hand…
…is heaven a sliding glass door?
In the water i am everything
Expansive
no boundaries between body
I am child i am grown
4, and 66
Granddaughter aunt, grandmother, sister, father
I am dead i am alive
I am not even there at all
Really, not at all
I am the end of your pool noodle
I am the skeleton leaf in the filter
The baby at the bottom of the deep end
Eyes wide
Her father heart in mouth
The sisters with no swimsuits
Under the moon, fish, flash, silvery glow
Night-swimming under quiet nights and quiet stars
Water in my ears water in my eyes water in my nose,
Please do not ask me when, where i am
I am the traced hand
I am the feathers of the turkey
The indent in concrete,
I am born of love
I live
I swim
refrain
rebound
