Bathing In The Sea... Poem by RIC BASTASA

i happen to watch
upon three brown children
running to bathe in the sea
they are naked
laughing and swim like
a fish
go to the deep
and wave their hands
at me

saying 'come, come
the deep sea is
warm
there are more corals
to see
giant clams
live here
fish in bright colors
swimming side by side
with us'

i have selected
the words: naked,
and then it echoes
innocence,
deep which i have
equated with
that healing silence,
fish
the symbol of my
faith, and

so i go naked too
run to the sea
and swim to the
deepest part

and there is this silly
wish
that i have in mind

i wish there is no more
land anymore

i wish we are all children
again.