ESCAPE


Look into the pond
Still water
Placid thoughts
Gold fish and soft stones
A tint of green
A world of two dimensions
Reach into the water Separate
Circles spread out
Waves of inner peace
Touch the fish
Life in fluid motion
It swims away
The tail brushes against your hand

Look up into the world
Air dries my eye
Blue sky
Life is swimming in this pond
The world moves over my body
I breathe through painted gills
Suddenly the water is broken
A hand comes down on me
Escape
I swim to the rocks
My tail too close
The rocks
Safety


Michael V Hechtman