I step into
the old photograph
& again
the water closes over me
& I sink to the bottom
of a time long ago
swimming amongst
love & laughter.
Somewhere a sky exists
above all this
but now
all is water.
I follow you following a fish following a fish
as we reach towards the surface
out of breath...kiss
enter the dimension
of the sun again
an horizon
drawing a line between
sky & sea.
I stepping out(of the photograph) now
closing it...after me
hearing it...click close
behind me
the silence
of a sea.
Dónall Dempsey
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-silence-of-a-sea/
