Barrel

I've been pondering jellyfish and moonlight -    
barrels in their pulsating, milky white,  
red moons that swell and sail up from behind mounts,    
faming a full, fearsome face.    
   
Adrenaline, caused by sweeping surprise, carried our swim last moon.    
There were black fish rising    
before us from depth    
and hitting water,    
a cormorant dipped in an uncomplicated frolic  
as we evaded foreign lifeforms  
seen glowing beneath the surface.  
Bats flew above our caps
- an uncontainable saturation of the natural.    
   
In the depths of my mind not much exists beyond the endless expanse of water and all    
I don't know    
- I've been pondering jellyfish and moonlight -    
and tonight I'm restless with where next we'll go.    
   
   
Art by Flotsam Prints