There’s happiness in the deep water exercising pool.
At first you cannot make it out
The place is noisy, slippery
The showers may not work
And danger lurks
Wet swimsuits have been known
To seal themselves onto their owners’ bodies
creating makeshift prisons
But stay a while.
The competition you had known at work
Is missing here
You come to realize
You’re not here for the exercise
You’ve come to feel the warm embrace
of women who have lived enough
to lose the fear of love
The pool’s a place of wonder
where love can live
without embarrassment
And where the beauty of the women’s faces
Is reflected in the water
