and yet
satisfied;
satisfied,
and yet…
the sound
echoes loosely
in my most primitive soul
and yet
i live here, above;
i live here, above
and yet…
a whole world exists
under the water
fat with unseen life
brilliant color
and yet
it’s beautiful up here;
it’s beautiful up here
and yet
consciousness
bobs up & down
like the rocking of
a cradle
above below
below above
and yet
i live in two worlds;
i live in two worlds
and yet…
human cannot live
in merworld
and mermaids
cannot live beyond sand
and yet
i am both;
i am both
and yet…
i wonder,
will the pleading,
refusing-to-die
yearnings
find release
in Heaven?
will my separated
substances
fuse back together
like Pan and his Shadow?
and yet,
i live here, now;
i live here, now
and yet…