#29

I remember kayaking 
in the ocean, despite 
not knowing how 
to swim, feeling 
immortal, unafraid of
the water, a slow
blue creeping 
over the horizon
and me paddling 
towards the bluish
sunset on that
black glass as if
the ocean was 
calling out to me.

And I remember me 
unable to float in
the swimming pool
laughing as the 
water sucked me
in, you pulling me 
up telling me I would
not drown, and me
failing to be weightless,
feeling gravity, 
still laughing, going 
underwater, unable to 
breathe, but also 
unafraid because 
you were there.