Back to My Senses

I like to run with my hair down 

on forest trails

my gravity 

tumbling downhill 

footfall at a time

until toes 

meet sand

meet sea

dipping under

with inertia

I see blue from inside out,

like the seals do

follicles that flowed

now delight in aquatic suspension. 

synapses sparkle and proclaim that each moment is new

I let go of the tree tunneled paths, well worn

to embrace Other. 

caressed by seaweed, 

I emerge standing tall

rivers drip down my spine. 

returned to my skin, 

like selkie to silver

it feels right in 

my body and my bones

so I don't avert my eyes 

from life anymore

I changed my mind and now

the horizon opens wide for me and the setting sun

re-membering myself anew

reborn in sunlight glimmers on sea surface

I come back to my senses