First Swim In Spring
first swim in spring
water black
deep as the end of the world.
scent of cedar roots
ancient tangles
that hold the rocks together.
pines bent before the wind
old crones thin and wrinkled.
I wade into the lake
submerge
feel cold crisp life
crackle through me.
cleave the silken sheen,
strike out for the far shore.
slow delicious strokes;
left arm raised, dig in
flow past my body
lift right raise
dig in
water sings in my ears
like lilting ripples
of glass chimes.
roll
float
a specklespark sky
umbrellas over me
the big dipper
venus
shine we float together
loons sing love dirges
sad and sweet
somewhere a beaver tail
slaps a warning
into the northern night.
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