Esmesaida

8 AM in the office
the sweet bread
and jam
are the final flavors
of the week
twelve hours of travel
onto another planet
of blue waters
salty ham
and tomato water
on grainy sand-colored bread
drop me
in the middle
of the Mediterranean
held breath
deep down into the waters
hands push back
loads of water
deeper in
lungs
fill
and release
in a quick
ascent
breaking the sun lanced
surface
the rock
walls
encompass me