pool
water
curls around
elbows
and knees
erratic
heartbeats and
bare toes
touch the ground
chlorine floods
every sense
salt
on skin
your fingers
graze my waist
the pool
is so empty
but we can't
pretend
it's just us
or it'll become
dangerous.
your eyes
hold mine
in a
iron gaze
you push
silken hair
behind my ear
and accidentally
plant a garden
of scarlet flames
along my
shoulder.
you tell me
to come out
of the shallow end
I so desperately
cling to.
I move forward
and your fingers
hold mine
until my
heartbeat
skyrockets
and my head
is submerged
beneath the
gentle current.
my hair
is an ebony curtain
that shields us
even though
there's no one
there.
nobody
can see you love me
u n d e r w a t e r .
