To Eileen with xo ftom the Bahamas

Mask on tight
I go back under
Beautiful world
of blues and reds
of life not seen
from earth above

My flippers bend
me down again
to caves below
of yellow heather
coral reefs
bright sleek snapper
living a life
I've never known

I think of you
on honeymoon
with hair of yellow
and bright eyed pleasure
you saw what I am
seeing now
yet you're not here
to tell me so
of sunlit days
and moonbeam nights
turquoise seas
wind so gentle
times you had
and yet to come
it seems unfair
you'd just begun..

7/14/05