In the Deep

We were out there in the water

swimming in the deep,

seeing things as they were living.

But where were you

whilst we were swimming?

Were you sitting on the beach?

Whilst we were out there,

swimming: swimming

in the deep.

The phosphorescent blooms

of coral were steep,

as the ocean fell away,

down into the deep.

And where were you

whilst we were swimming,

swimming in the deep?

Were you

in the mountains?

Were you tending

to your sheep?

O! but the things we saw

when we were out there,

swimming in the deep!

Things we could not tell -

things we could not keep.

But where were you

whilst we were swimming?

Were you sitting

on the beach?