docked

i sit here on this dock

and feel it sway beneath me.

it threatens to break free

from this shoreline

and float out to the middle of this pond,

taking me with it.

i will gently float along

and bare my feet

so that i might feel

the water move beneath me and my dock.

this dock will become my raft

and i will explore the world,

viewing the shore around me

from the middle of this pond.

i will float aboard my raft

with bare feet and kicking legs,

spinning in the middle of the pond,

watching the concentric circles

my feet create

slowly fade away to solid ground.