Done With Fishing

All the tangled fishing line
on the reel right now
while a fish so glorious
swims happily downtown.

Time to take the trousers off
peel the outer layer
dive into the cold water
gather up down there. 

Just a different way to breathe
gills instead of nose
fins propel the flashing skin
beyond the grasp he goes. 

Drift down where  coral lives
spend another hour
in the silent currents
full of ancient power.
 
Disguised as tiny atoms
gnats that come and go
on the surface of this place
a ping and circle show.

Streaking to the surface
free from all the lines
fresh and full of everything
bursting from the brine.

Just another fisherman
bought the whole food chain
then diving deeply into it
finally found his way.