Salt Water

Night Swimming

The beachfront is strange in the dark - you can hardly see the sand or the sea and it looks like the world just ends - I walked out into the sea last night - it was f*****g freezing - I like the way the waves hit my body - I like the power of it - the way it pushes me -  sometimes I could love the sea - dark, cold, indifferent to how I feel - and yet - I like the way it touches me - the way it holds my body and sucks me down into some other world.

Sometimes I’d like to go down - let the salt water in my mouth - I could go down and never come up again…

I held my breath until it burned in me and I surfaced coughing water - I left my clothes on the rocks - and when I came out the wind was even colder than the sea - I had to wait for ages for the night to dry my body - I didn't want to dress while wet and get the sand and salt water in my clothes - I sat naked on the rocks looking at the sky and I thought of you - of the dirty little words that we share - they kept me warm.

Reviews

[Alessander]

A. Love the theme. I'm a nautical man - I often write about the sea and such, and I really like what you're doing here with the scene.

B. I love the reflection. You really get specific and I feel like I'm there at the beach at midnight.

Skinny dipping in the ocean at night is something only the youth can do! And even then, it's a little nuts cause it's FREEZING!!!

I really enjoyed the way it ended - it wraps up nicely.

Some things could perhaps be cut out (like "wait for ages") but overall I dug it.

[gcp]

AWw thanks - I'm glad it stuck a chord :) Yeah - it can be really cold - but that's part of the fun in a way.

Yeah - I agree, a few loose words still hanging about - I like to trim them out where I can - perhaps I'll have another little prune, get rid of a few more...

thanks for reading :)

[Jack...]

Very sensual and calming, the rythym of the ocean, constant and pure...the darkness, endlessly staring off into nothing, alone in person but not in the heart. Very nice.

[gcp]

Awww thank you. I'm glad you liked it. There's something very special about the ocean - but it's hard to quite put into words...

[Jack...]

I believe it is the unknown, we can see it, taste it and touch it but do we really know it...that is what makes it so very special.

[gcp]

Yeah - I think you're right there. :)