Saturday, May 21, 2022

testing the water

the water is murky.
green,
a brownish slug of stream,
hardly moving,
not a bird
or fish seen.
i dip my
toe in fear
into the muck,
and you want me to dive
in?
to swan dive 
myself into
the dark depth
of whatever it is you
call love?
please, i've had enough
of such
bad dreams.

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