Silver Edwards (Another Legend)
Sliver the first
and Edwards the last:
name given.
Spread like an eagle,
dove into water:
fluid
and commanding
at his sides.
Came here everyday;
could stay under for
one minute
fourty seconds.
The longest,
duration under,
for his town.
Never enough
he wanted longer.
The crisp currents,
the blue hued landscape,
the languity of the waves
nudging and nudged
him back and fourth;
a frothy lullaby;
yet no sleep,
no air.
From the bottom
up,
motion quick-
darting,
burning in chest-
lungs,
sweet despised surface-
air.
More
his body commanded,
still air-
wished gills
so he could stay
under forever.
A dream unified
only by water tension.
He made it his mark,
he'd stay down forever.
And down he went
then up-
angered.
And down he went
again up-
angrier.
Food was lost
and strength was lost
and he was lost to sea.
"He died mommy,
Edwards died?"
"Yes, my dear,
but I'll just lie,
you know he got his dream."
-Matthew Koutzun
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