sounds are a
muffled
gurgle

while safe
under water,

a place no trouble’s
fool enough
to follow,

where no thing’s
a pressured
matter,

safe in womb
of tepid
water

head caves
under,

till resurfaced
from brief
slumber

fresh and
unencumbered.

Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygorman/?hl=

painting by José Manuel Hortelano-Pi at – https://www.flickr.com/photos/jmhortelanopi/