Cristina Donà

Ultramarine

Cristina Donà


The ocean's floor is where the waves go falling 
to rest and then repeat all over they lash the sands 
imprint their rage and fury 
and then again disappear 
the oceans bed is where my dreams swim boundless 
preparing to arise again 
they bloom and glow like flowers in the water 
and in a moment 
to the sky they open 
delicate, teeming, the spaces 
and the endless blue 
distance that's seeming so perfect from all earthly terrors 
all I desire contained 
within this painted blue 
way under the waves 
the oceans breast feels all the silence sailing 
ballooned in plumes of air 
I watch and wait because some time or other 
the universe is under water 
delicate, teeming, the spaces and the endless blue 
distance that's seeming so perfect from all earthly terrors 
all I desire not qualified or 
questioned- blue... 
way under the waves