Overawed, we stare at stippled sky
where dolphins wheel, sing and fly.
The dipping waves frame hallowed drifts
of bubbles. Swift, sure and sleek -
chattering the pod seek out the sun,
in mottled patches of coral crowns
before spying us and plunging, down.
Quicksilver motion, as they careen by
in and through our roiling pod
of clumsy divers - rolling, inelegant.
A single smiling ocean jester lingers,
the rest shoot off into blue memory.
The jester dances in diffuse motion,
swallowing bubbles, nibbling fins.
A cavalcade of chaotic spinning grey
skin and twinkling eyes, until bored,
the wave of a powerful fin leaves
a back-draft of speed,
in a whirlpool of current
and settling specks of seaweed.
This post is in response to mariannewest 5 minute freewrite writers prompt (Swimming with the Dolphins) which can be found here. The picture is from pixabay.com creative commons licence, please follow link to credit. If you have enjoyed this poem you can check out my other work on my homepage @raj808.
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