Phosphorescence

Black above and black below

Blackness surrounds

Onyx night

Obsidian ocean, lit by

 

Stars above and stars below

Stars surround

Silver diamonds in the heaven

Flashes of aquamarine in the water

 

Stand on the bow

Languid humid air surrounds

A breeze lifts the hairs on my arms

And I shiver

 

Now slide into the inky sea

 

Engulfed, enclosed, enwrapped

Ocean surrounds 

As if in a womb

The taste of salt on my lips

 

Eyes open, I see them sparkle

Scintillate like the stars above

Cerulean glitter set in ebony

Illuminate my body

 

Glide through the shimmers 

Sparks surround

I know it’s science, 

But it feels like magic

 

Now float, stars above and stars below

 

I gasp and giggle at it all

Inhale the saline air

And know that I too

Am a spark of dust and light

 

 

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