Summer, then and again (a poem)

Written while watching the movie 「コーヒーが冷めないうちに」 late last night…

I felt the rain
as I fell backwards
into the pool

The walls
became twelve feet high

I hadn’t seen the light
fall that way in years

(I’m not sure I even had my eyes open
the last time I drowned)

The trees dipped slightly
in acknowledgement
then dropped their leaves
to prepare for autumn

—

It used to be that drowning in her ocean
was all that I wanted—
the sting of tears
was meant to come from somewhere else

It’s not that the water is wide—
no, something has always kept us apart

(I confess I don’t know what to do about that
still)

I think I’m looking for the metaphor
to meet the moment
when it will make the most sense
and the door will open
where the water is the deepest

—

Let’s go for a walk in the rain

(14 August 2022)

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