*

Moving from shoal

to shoal, he disappears

close to the creek

reappears around the sharp rocks

the swimmer

proceeds in Silence

diligent, focused

the swimmer pursues a goal,

looking peeking, assessing,

moving on wordlessly

leaving no trace, no sign

as the sea slowly heaves

 in and away,

 Breath of a patient Mother

Soundless

the Swimmer

advances along the edgy

coast, showing no effort

as if gliding through oil

unaware, he perseveres

bobbing, peering, bobbing

*

Absorbing the tenacity

I see a Force

stronger

than the Man Himself

Dictating his will to live

Stay Alive

come what may

Barbed Wire

desperate hunger

there for him

always

*