ocean (pegasus)

i am in silent exhausted awe
of the deep beneath me
i lie on my back
at the bottom of this pitiful lifeboat
staring up at the sky
with its vastness
i am in silent exhausted awe

there is a stillness
i could not have imagined
before i got here
the sun beats down
and bakes my flesh
and i adore the smell of my own skin
the waves, at least for now
have little to say
the air too is reverent
and the salt carried by the wind
kisses the shape of my lips
to remind me of its flavour

this is at the periphery
of my sensory awareness
my ghost is deep beneath me
in the water
is the water

without conditions
i survey its expanse

i notice
it stretches without end
in any direction
i realise
i have accepted the existence of its limits
only because such knowledge was handed down to me
but from this vantage point
these facts have no relevance
truth is not a determination
truth is a sensation

my body hums and breathes
there is a mighty shipwreck deep beneath me
there are many
and many more to come
but this ocean teams with life