Once upon a summer evening I slipped into the world of silent water for a swimming encounter in the late hours. I laid back into the aquatic starlight and gazed up through the trees at planet Mars amidst the majesty of the night sky. The quiet wonder was overwhelming and freeing. I will never forget it.
Like a hanging lantern
in the midnight sky,
The red planet
Through the trees
Peeks, winks,
Plays hide and seek with me.
Starlight on the night water
Wraps itself around me.
Lying back upon it,
I float. I’m held.
I’m free.