A graceful water weaving dolphin swirls wakes of gentle waves - a white, silver blue phantom shimmering in the noonday sun.
Piercing the surface, she dances an aquatic ballet of corkscrew pirouettes and majestic somersaults.
Diving beneath the spray she churns her engine upward - soaring through the flaming hoop to the "oohs" and applause of a throng of short-sleeved hominids bleachered beyond the rails.
Plunging into quiet depths, she lingers for a moment perhaps to recall the fresh sea air and the borderless waters in the golden days before the ships came.
*January, 2007
This poem is included in my book, Unity Tree available at Amazon.com and will be included in a textbook in the International Primary English series published by HarperCollins