Print Winner :: Underwater, A Poem

We have a Winner!! In response to my call to entry, I had many lovely stories and creativity shared with me. I asked my Instagram & Facebook followers to share their inspired story about the ocean, or a poem. I chose this poem below for it's purity, the raw emotions and feelings that I think resonate with the print above, which is the prize. :) Beautifully written by :: Annie McKay from Ottawa Canada.

:: UNDERWATER ::

Coming up from below I gasp for air

it is a relief but

I think

most of us wish we could stay underwater

where our hair fans out softly

and dances with the current

more freely than it does in the wind.

And I can dance freely too

without anything limiting my steps

as I am suspended here

in the ocean

which I know can carry me away

and which I know demands respect but right now

is gentle.

The salt water supports me

not limiting my movement

it invites me to stay

suspended

softly surrounded

by ribbons of seaweed

and threads of light.

The ocean comforts me

envelops every inch of me

embraces me

and opens me to

the constant pulse of the deep

before I break through the surface

gasping for air.