The Nude Swim Poem by Gert Strydom

At night the light shines
with a tender yellowness
through the blue pool
as if encased
in a world of its own.

The water is soothing
after a hot summer day
heaving up and down
where I lie drifting
and I see your slender shadow
in the bright moonlight
coming closer.

You body is white
and stripped of clothing
and in your face
your eyes gleam big
like those of the ginger cat
and for a moment
like a statue you stand
on the diving board
with arms reaching
to the stars.

Sculptured to perfection
with firm large breast thrusting
up in to the air,
long pale legs

and in a graceful motion
you launch yourself
and with a tiny ripple
clip through the water.