your arm rises from the middle of a colony of orange fish
a Portuguese man o’war stings my arteries
purple venom changes the color of my skin
the ocean holds you back
a red coral hurts my right thigh
my blood attracts sharks
i want to reach you
i dive deeper
phantoms of your love words spread on the surface of my brain
green ivy on a wall of bricks
seahorses show me the way
i see you
you swim with a yellow-edged lyretail
you turn around
your eyes pierce into mine
don’t speak!
if you speak we’ll die!
wait!
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your “i love you” cuts the ocean in two
silence
avalanches of water fall from the sky
stars shed tears on the forgotten tomb of maritime lovers
why couldn’t you wait?
why?
you smile
your kisses caress my lips
yellow angel fish surround us
humid silent touches
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