It seems they burst reluctantly free from the water where they had formed and grown for nine months carrying shadows of the womb Shadows of the wound the shock of being cast into air temporarily free of water’s world not understanding that it was there they must return to find a new liberty freedom from their fear in those moments when silent scars began to grow He could see What was to be his part of eternity he was a wave Engendered by the wind Heading inevitably Towards the shore crashing there Dispersed to the air To start the journey Once again Or perhaps Be cast Into unending Frozen space When the fragile Stratosphere Finally fails Because Of the works Of mankind The cancer On the face Of the planet And in that time The source of earthbound life The sea Would be frozen For all time
