We are all water babies
Seeking the remaining 30%
That would complete
Our aquatic form
Boogie boarding into giant waves,
Wading up French gorges
Falling comically off canal boats
Tumbling from piggyback fights
In municipal pools.
Snorkelling in the shallows
Water pistols creating rainbows
In the July sunshine
Taking the full blast of garden sprinklers
Right in the face.
Smiling.
Soaking it all up.
Charlie Mawer, who writes daily poems as @poemparent lives in London and is an advertising Creative Director. Published by Vole poets, Poetry for Ukraine, Wee Sparrow among others. previous wins include selections in Ver Prize, Artemesia Poetry Prize (Roger McGough). Bafta nominated for BBC National Poetry Day design and won a Tennyson Prize (Michael Rosen) before a parenting hiatus! Now filling the empty nest created by both kids at college with poetry for anyone with children or who was one once.
IG: @poemparent
