Sonnet

You stretch out your hand and save me.
Your hand will do all things for me.
I dream I am surrounded by the deep dark sea.
Underwater I know even if I cannot see.

The Serpentine is bathed with light.
Sheltering us from a city of ten million.
I am swimming as the swan comes into sight.
Here is delight, all light cast into vermilion.

You plunge deep into the dark lake.
weightless and utterly free.
You do it for no one’s sake.
The sun glints, envelopes as far as I can see.

But on a winter’s day, I don’t need to be told.
It is oh, so horribly cold.

Haiku

You stretch out your hand
Your hand will do all for me
But first I must swim