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The Ramblings of the Water Mistress

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I feel the water above me below me all around me intimate caressing accepting loving me I go further down to touch the bottom of the pool and there on the two painted dolphins I push my hands down and my feet break free from the water shooting up into the air my handstand For a moment I revel the erectness of my form My legs above the water the water trickling down them slowly I bring them back down and burst out of the water head and chest pushing out Hair...laden with water swung back spraying a trajectory of liquid crystals behind me I take in the air I smile I live I breath my arms move back and forth I dip in again then swim to the far side of the pool I hold on to the metal hand guards Put my legs out on the side of the pool Knees bent I push myself below the surface looking around... my playground the water, my home I'm in my element I'm free weightless and happy the muffled sounds and dancing lights on the surface flirt with me I stay for as long as I can then I break the surface Floating on my back I look at the sky I feel sublime chest and tummy tasting the air I'm there There where in my mind I'm beautiful and divine sultry mistress of the water he's touching every part of me I'm free I'm free Jade I am never as happy as when I'm swimming....the pool lets me be more creative, but I also enjoy swimming in the Mediterranean sea. I've been called a dolphin.... I'm more like another aquatic mammal at present, but even those creatures are graceful and beautiful in the water. Summer is coming....

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Painted Hunter

Date: 4/21/2015 2:49:00 PM

Makes me want to go jump in the lake. I feel you on the swimming...oh, I love swimming... spend a lot of time in the water in the spring and summer

Eileen Manassian
Date: 4/21/2015 2:54:00 PM

Thanks, Caleb. I love swimming... I feel weightless....and that's a great feeling. Sorry I haven't commented on your work. I'm on a bit of a break. There has been an issue here lately that has me down....but I'm be back when I can. I'm also working on my MA thesis and have deadlines to meet. Thanks for reading this silly little piece. Hugs

Maurice Yvonne

Date: 3/25/2015 8:12:00 AM

Your muse is ever present. You are prolific with some amazing works.

David Meade

Date: 3/23/2015 7:21:00 PM

Now Water Princess is added to your many titles . . . "erectness of form" -- nice! Your free form is perfect -- you sliced the water with word perfect precision -- myself, "look out" cannon ball express!! Back in Texas today -- 75 degrees . . . summer is coming LO! 7

Eileen Manassian
Date: 3/23/2015 7:33:00 PM

Yup...It's coming here too. David....We had plans to visit Texas in the summer. There are some meetings there. End of June. Don't know if it will work out. If it does though...want to hook up? Got an uncle living in Texas and visited there many years ago. You liked erectness of form. Yes...I do point my toes. Got a pic of that. Nice chunky legs. Hey I soup mailed you something. Get back to me. hugs

Kp Nunez

Date: 3/23/2015 1:13:00 PM

Had to come back for this Eileen. Never will I again think of swimming as a simple leisure activity after reading this....and never will I again swim without the sensuous feel you have described herein. Loved it!

Eileen Manassian
Date: 3/23/2015 6:00:00 PM

Thanks, Kim. I must say....swimming is a pleasure for me. I feel graceful and free in the water. I'm usually the last one out of the pool. I love diving in and staying in for as long as possible. As I child...I spend most of the summer in a swimsuit. We had poor in our compound in Iran, and we got so tanned in the summer. I love water. I love the sand at the beach...the smell of coconut sun tan oil....I love water. I love seeing my long hair float in the water. It is in many ways sensuous. We all experience life differently. Thanks for the visit. Demetrios will come back in time...I'm sure.

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 3/23/2015 10:16:00 AM

I remember, I too feel a oneness with water!

Eileen Manassian
Date: 3/23/2015 6:02:00 PM

I know you do, Richard. Wanna race??? ;) Thanks for the visit. I only swim when I'm in Cyprus...which makes it very difficult for me to be patient. Hugs

Viv Wigley

Date: 3/23/2015 8:52:00 AM

A freedom second only to flying. Lovely write, Jade. Mister Viv x

Eileen Manassian
Date: 3/23/2015 6:03:00 PM

Yes...I dream of flying as well. Exhilarating. Thanks for the visit, Viv.

Brian Baumgarn

Date: 3/23/2015 6:00:00 AM

Wonderful imagery. The elements are very tactile in it. It is also very liberating in the sense of freedom of movement we really have in the water. Also, very sexy and erotic in its imagery, too. Loved it, Jade

Eileen Manassian
Date: 3/23/2015 6:05:00 PM

Thanks, Brian. Glad you connected to this piece. Welcome to the soup. Will swing by to visit you soon. Yes, there was a sensual undertone to this write. To be uninhibited is a very wonderful thing. Often culture dictates our behavior. That's a shame.

Shane Cooper

Date: 3/23/2015 3:36:00 AM

My beautiful Enchantress, through your words I can envisage you swimming in the blue mediterranean waters on a warm sun filled summers day. The smile on your glowing face showing the joy you feel in this magical weightless realm; A kingdom you claim for yourself! Your silhouette flickers beneath the water I see a vision of a mermaid "my playground the water my home I'm in my element I'm free". You write your heart. all my love, Your friend Shane xxx A 7 and again as all you write a Favourite.

Shane Cooper
Date: 3/23/2015 7:37:00 PM

Specially dipped in Belgian Chocolate just for you. :-)

Eileen Manassian
Date: 3/23/2015 7:31:00 PM

Awwwwww....that's ever so sweet! :)

Shane Cooper
Date: 3/23/2015 6:33:00 PM

My dear Enchantress, Mermaid I say and mermaid I see, weightless and happily adrift in a sea of poetry. love Shane xxx

Eileen Manassian
Date: 3/23/2015 6:07:00 PM

Shane, lovely post. Thanks ever so much. While in the pool, I do love diving in and out of the water....I do love swimming underwater....Yes, you can see my silhouette, but it is not of a mermaid. Thanks for being so gracious, my dear. Never mind...one can always pretend. :) Thanks for stopping by with your sweet comments. You lift my spirit.