Aquarius
I am following a fast flowing river
down to the sea.
I am not a fish
I am fish-eyes
ocular, a blue planet
inside an oceanic mind.
Above the water I see
osprey, and doves
looking down from their treetops
I am not them
not yet -
wings are the last order of evolution
before a fish births a man
before the fish jumps into Spirit.
The horizon opens wide
limitlessly wide.
My fish-eyes hold
all the land and sea
in a cradle of renewal.
The reborn
leap beyond
a water-falling sky.
Home was always
just a leap away.
Copyright © Eric Ashford | Year Posted 2023
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