Two Lives

Diving deep into the river

body slicing

raging water

consuming fully

head and torso

muscles nerves

taunt with purpose

surging forward

through the water.

Sitting silent on the shore

                         watching tide

                              slowly ebbing

remembering

                              remembering

                             remembering

wetness

              salt

                    and holding

                                         of the water’s depth

pondering

                  puzzling

                                 pondering                          

                                                   going through the water

until finally

                    calmly

                              somehow

                 passage settles……..into the one I swam.

Only the smallest snag remains--

Oh, to dive

                       again

        into that raging river….