I had a dream,
I was in the middle of the ocean
Free as I can be
When I saw people in sand castles shouting,
“Away from the sea!”
I laughed and frolicked on
Played tag with the shore
explored forests of sea weed on my own
did a pirouette or two on the ocean floor
As the breakers took me further
Their cries faded in the wind
That’s when the realisation set in
I could not swim.
I bobbed in the briny water
Afloat on the scream within
Placed my trust in the mother
Whose womb, the sea became.
a dawn bird
A Shared Space 