Clean

imagining myself

a dolphin

at play

spontaneous joy

expressed by

bursting upward

through the surface

arms, legs, lungs

aching

from swimming

swimming

so long

sometimes holding

my breath

sometimes fiercely

treading water

sometimes

drowning

i've wrestled

sea monsters

Leviathan in his

underwater cave

i've let go

ready

to drift

down

away

until a glimpse

of light

sparkled

at the surface

inviting

daring

challenging

stop fighting

so hard

stop battling

ghosts

it's safe

now

you're free

let it go

let it all

fall away

be

clean.