those are pearls that were his eyes - look

i follow
tides
slide
shallow
i lie
beneath you i glide
now turn your head
look and see
i shall not hide

"what is that?"

she sees!

"where?"

"there in the water
amongst the weeds"

"i see nothing
only the movement of water and light
and the reflection of the seabirds flight"

"it is so
nothing"

am i now nothing?
can you not hear?
calling sighing
here!

have I ceased to echo now?
vanished beneath the water's tow
soundless now i seem
beyond my changeless changeling dream

floods