by Jed Eane

Created on: June 02, 2009   Last Updated: June 05, 2009

I learned to swim when I was five

Jumped in the deep end with my best friend

Our eyes opened to our new watery underworld

Where arms and legs moved in slow motion

Days spent at the pool in the hot sun

Away from mums and dogs and garden hoses

Screams and whistles as we ran to jump

Water droplets on our shiny skin

That eerie silence we found diving deep

To fetch a stone or a penny

Our lungs almost splitting as we raced up for air

Into the bright light and expanse of glittering blue

September and back to school

The pool covered over against the leaves

And then drained to leave our waterworld

Just a big blue hole

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