I came across this little piece that I had written not so long ago but like the wave it never stays just this way…I’m hoping for the tide to come back in soon….
SWALLOWED BY A WHALE
In the haze of my gritty eyed half sleep
I roll through the weighty covers of our retreat
My side is warm and yours warmer
All rolled up
Cocooned
Marooned off side
I hide
Pillow over face
Over head
Your slumber continues as you play dead
There’s a line of light across your form
Cool white softness
Gentle
Warm
Rolling hills and palest sands
Crisp clean blanket over foreign lands
I crawl towards the water’s edge
Covering space inside your bed
My fingers trace my favourite line
Travelling roads that are not mine
I reach round to that soft spot and curve in back
I’ve been lured in and gone off track
Your tide moves in to brush my skin
And stirs your senses into view
I’m being swallowed whole
I have been consumed by you
Underneath your size and weight
Magnificent splendour I can’t escape
And so I make my home inside your skin
I’ve taken up residence deep within
All is still and deathly silent
Shaken by something deeply violent
Taken in by the whale and the giant wave
I’m now at peace…I have been saved.
Kx
