Act III Inevitable Samsara

Muted zipper of a wet suit moving

notch by notch, all the way to the top

Thin breathing space between man-made and flesh

made possible through escaped air

At the collar

A deep dive

Cold plunge closing the gap

Becoming skin

As rubber flippers morph into webbed toes

Swimming

into

the deep blue

Body becomes wave

underwater

R i p p l i n g soft

a life in oxygen measures

Secured by

gentle elongated dolphin kicks

Brushing against

Vibrational suspension, holding

A tick of the gauge

Breaks the barrier against the current

Moving Deeper

Clear liquid gives way to black, blue sea

deeper still

Pressure of gravity

p u s h i n g down on shoulder blades,

a weighted blanket wrapped to s i n k

me

let go…

Deep sleep swirls onto temples,

eyes barely open

start to c l o s e

Heartbeat giving up control

Slackens slowing

Fingers release palms heavy

Easing into a waif-like horizontal half orb

floating past zero

As a tether appears--pure silver thread

catching light tied to limp wrists

let go…

Of this vision created

He is

of a past life

crossing into the present

Let go…

Of loving him