Diving
Annie Louise Twitchell
breath
plunge
cutting through the water
my hands like a knife blade
forcing a path through
soaking
wet
cold
biting
silent
down
down
down
breathless
up
kicking, kicking,
breaking the surface again
roaring
rushing
water swirling
air
fresh
hair wet, pushed out of my face
sucking in a breath
climbing up
onto the raft
breath
plunge
again.
Copyright 2016 by Annie Louise Twitchell
Image: Annie Louise Twitchell – Kezar Lake in Lovell Maine on the eve of a thunderstorm.