bioluminescence

the water was glowing last night

we kicked it up and sat in it til our asses got cold

held your hand in the midnight waves

moon's gone, but that's alright

the four of us

cataclysmic occasionally socially anxious altogether dangerous messes

screaming when seaweed touched somebody's ankle

it's the kind of blue you only see in movies

tiny angry phytoplankton and algae

all lit up

my legs glittered in the dark like good fiction

rocks stubbed your toes

one of us sat up on the log, gnawing on the inside of their cheek,

afraid of the water

get in, come on,

get in, quick, look kick your foot

the water is glowing,

we don't have forever