all I know is that
when I was frail and frowning drowned
in foamy waters
dog paddling spirals of regret
while sharks and barracuda circled round
grinding me down with dank disdain
all I know is that you
and me together swam an odyssey
abreast and stroking
and all my lovely crustaceans
blushed with motes
shaded by willows
swayed and flashed their wispy breaths
like fins