Breathing

The cobalt quilt rises and falls

A metronomic iron lung

of cyan liquid power

Stalking shorebound prey

set to pounce

Petrol viridescence

as plump swells pulse

To rise, arching upward

A ballerina stretch

defying gravity

A viscous lip fills

thrusts and spits

its chandelier of shattered ice

A cocoon spun by

frenzied breeze

A fiberglass bullet

shocks a slicing dance

carving liquid sheets

Sharded glass strewn

through a boiling gash

Stretched seconds linger

A turbulent embrace

with a coconut tang

Deep tunnel shudder

euphoria lost

Piercing dive plunge

umbilical urethane snaps and tugs

A sled tombstones

shrieking lungs gasp

burst from mercuric depths

Float propulsion

return through churning walls

with bead splashed curves

deep obeisance

breathe and live

(David)