Rasha Alduwaisan: Diving for Pearls

My body is a sack of bones, 
feet bound, heavy with stone, 
I plunge and sand shatters       
without a sound, tongue-
tied, this sea is breathless,
rope & leather & lead,
I grasp what I can see,
rough shells, round shells, 
hollow shells,
I mouth your name 
and something stirs – 
 
I pry myself open to find it.