Going swimming

 

This has never happened
This is not supposed to be
I have been a non believer all my life.
In my days throughout the desert there has been no drop of water
Only strange mirages and a couple drops of rain.

Never have I seen this
It’s an ocean in the desert
It’s a sea of life and coral right where cactuses were once.
Do my eyes deceive me?
I cannot ignore the omens
I must swim, I must jump in
I must get wet
This water’s fine.

This has never happened
I never thought it would
In an instance I forgot the scorching sun
Or the burning in my heart 
or the thirst within my bones.

I fell with such abandon
I fell into its embrace
Into an ocean in the desert -
It has such a lovely face.