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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.