Tobago Sun

SunRise, SunShine, SunTan, SunScreen, SunFish, SunSet,
Boiling, hiding from the sun
cooling down in the sea
turning into a mermaid
Visiting the metropolis below
The metropolis of blue and green
Motorways, streets, avenues and roundabouts bustling with marine traffic.
Lit-up planktons and sea-grass.
fish as cars, bicycles, busses, mopeds, rickshaws and pedestrians,
all rushing around like downtown Calcutta in rush-hour and
with Jellyfish on line as pavement for Seawood Boulevard
A trail of bubbles left behind from a speeding fish.
Trails appearing and disappearing in all directions
– above and under – five storage high.

Like a time-exposure photographs taken of metropolises at night
an eXplosion of colours in the metropolis of the sea
Milan Fashion Week on ecstasy
Bright gold and shining silver
Deep blue and lush green
Blushing red and cautioning pink
Poisonous yellow and earthly brown
Uncountable combinations of styles and creations
Submarine life spinning out of control – crashes – wounded – two seconds of sadness followed by forgetfulness
the memory of a goldfish keeps the metropolis spinning in eternal joy and harmony
I gaze at this metropolis below the surface –
like observing a city from a zeppelin, can see but never be absorbed.