A Loon’s Deep Dive

Jack Uldrich
Mar 18, 2024

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Where do you go, Loon
When you Dive
Deep
Under
Water?

Oh, I know where you are,
What I desire to know is this:
Where are You?

It’s not my wish
To anthropomorphize You.
I am merely curious of your Consciousness.

What do you See, Feel, Hear, Smell and Taste?
Do you have other Senses to which
I am not Privy?

Submerged, I like to Imagine,
Your Concerns of the Past fade Away
And Anxieties of the Future are Non-existent.

Maybe, I envy You
Because You are Present to
A Moment uniquely Your Own.

On reflection, maybe, I am simply Jealous–
Jealous that I am not Present to Myself.
Maybe, that’s the Better Question to ask:

When am I when You Dive
Deep
Under
Water
And
Disappear?

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