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They call it falling in love.
It is more like rising.
Swimming upwards-arms and legs making powerful slices through water.
Energy directed towards the surface, where I see my birth rights-
Sunshine and Air.
Temptation arises.
Still underwater…..
Linger in these gentle currents and side stroke comfortably.
It is my way.
False moves blocked.
Eyes. On. The. Prize.
Benevolence bathes me on all sides.
I swim towards the promise made when I left my mother’s womb 42 years ago.
The water offers up no resistance.
Elsie was born in California and moved all around the country growing up, including Palo Alto, Boston, San Diego and Houston. Subsequently, she travelled internationally as a model for seven years before landing in New York.
