JulieLeung.com: a life told in tidepools

Scary
a little
this new step
you are taking
as you walk in water
it seeps into your suit
the blue and green
the smell of chlorine
cold and cool
so deep the pool
the issue is trust
the instructor
wears a whistle
and lifeguard red
from the bench I watch while
she smiles
you jump off the tile and
SPLASH
into her arms:
you and I are drenched
with fresh
new joy