There are beings that give off their own light
said Carl Sagan as we watched strange,
amorphous aliens undulating in effortless space.
The water crept in through our ears.
We were holding hands that slowly, surely
were growing into wide primordial fins.
Fish.
I could feel your smile through warm ripples in the water.
We were FISH.
But it was as if nothing outoftheordinary had occurred.
As if
we had always been fish swimming in human bodies.
Suddenly
the two legs, two arms, and
fresh fruity skin that
moments ago had covered us
seemed useless,
extraneous
Primitive appendices outgrown aeons ago.
We had come full circle and were returning
to the sea, which had borne us and hurled us away.
The ocean roared
white horsehooves beating distant.
We have come home,
said the dance you danced
with odd, watery grace.
I almost didn't recognize you ...
You gave off
such light.
© Jane Park
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