you dip your toe in
Again
to check the temperature
even though
you know
whilst at first there may be some
reproach,
some reluctance
due
only
to unfamiliarity,
not used to the water,
once in,
the breath is taken away
not from
shock
but swallowed to almost
nothing
shallowed
through you
I mean through
YOU
the way that moment is the one
you remember forever
being forever
you realize you were trying to live
above the edge
when below
actually opens above
and
both sides
and all it took
was the
splash