water

if you swim in air.
flapping like you just don’t care.
wet behind the ears.

on a muggy night
the fog prowls the dark damp streets.
looking for sunshine.

time is an ice cube
melting in the car’s back seat.
while we go nowhere.

in the days gone by
floating on halcyon’s nest.
drowning in winter.

the rattling rumbles.
the tires whine underfoot.
like the sound of prayers.

the sands are slipping
down the slopes of our lives.
swallowed by oceans.