when i swim in the deep water
i know what looks up from under

my belly must look whiter
than the small moon
you can sometimes see
in a dogs eye

i know that there is a snake
that would take me down

everybody knows;
thats why some people dont swim

no snake bothers me
but i know that the reeds
sleep upside down;
they spend their days thinking
of a secret that is soft and dark;
the reeds are an empty green house
where the ghost never gets upset


i'm not scared of the deep,
but being on top
of all that deep

and im scared of the reeds
and the spaces in them
where we used to live