We were rulers
of the pool, the pool the
Size of a full
grown, free but fed tortoise
We splashed
about while not pretending
But being
creatures of an unknown sea
We splashed,
water spilled to one side
From the soggy hill
that forced that way
Making us switch
around so that no one
Had an unfair
water fight advantage
The clouds
always barged over to us
Mimicking the
shade of the mountain, they
Were very
unwelcome but expected
The grey cover
they brought cooled down the
Small hose water
pool, already chilled
By the cold,
damp northwest ground. The summer
Meant nothing.
The cold came sporadically
And left as it
pleased, yet we stayed
And played, needing
each other’s company
It was only the
other day I thought
And thought
about that strange point in our past,
Forgetting about
the usual one
Where we grew
and changed, so much changed
Not even
remotely for the better
It took less
than ten years from that cloudy day
To dream of you
on your way to see me
Crashing in a
car and swiftly fading
If I could
rearrange my memories
I would take the
part where we bring ruin
To each other
and paste over it with
That day with
just us and the pool and clouds
That day where
we owned the wild ocean
I love this whole poem. It evokes such emotion all the way through, which was the assignment, so good job haha.
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But being creatures of an unknown sea
We splashed, water spilled to one side
From the soggy hill that forced that way
Making us switch around so that no one
Had an unfair water fight advantage
The beginning of the poem is exactly how I used to play with my friends, and reading it brings me back to the moment so perfectly.
-Melissa Campana