Seeing Blue

Time 

spreads out

and space

so that all the 

constituent parts

of existence

seem to move

as if through

deep water.

I see dry land 

across a distance

but the force 

of the tides

keeps me moving

in new directions—

I try

to swim

against them

but the harder

I try 

the further

I find myself 

out in

the open sea 

and alone.