DIVING FROM THE DHOW
"Shark!"
A hoax shout from the beach rings.
It is in fact a young Arabian boy scaring
away the dhows for the smile on his face.
I dive from the edge of the dhow.
The dhow is a boat made of old wood by hand.
It is the most noble and trustworthy vessel on the bay.
The turquoise sea invites me to the ocean floor.
The ocean floor is so beautifully yellow.
I recommend that all should touch the floor.
(Feel free)
I hold my breath.
And then I go for it.
Lower and lower, until it is ten metres deep.
A beautiful warm feeling takes over.
as I touch the sea floor and the soft shifting sand.
I see nothing here in this Indian Ocean today.
Not even a little Arabian boy chasing a small fish.
The world underwater is like the world on land.
Only different in a watery way.
Big, big blue.
How I admire your greatness!
Nothing will ever stop my heart
Like the big, big blue.
So deep is thine scars!
O, big, big blue!
So big that it even eats up
the sunset.
And swallows the sun whole.
And then brings it back up
in the morning
after digesting it.
After giving the sun some rest.
O, big, big blue!
Poseidon does not even exist in you.
You are so great!
My big, beautiful blue.
The ruling prince in the dark Arabian nights.
, October 1999
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