Dive into my Heart
3.
Ienzo stripped off his button-down shirt and placed it over top his sweater and jeans. Beside the pile, lay his white tennis shoes and the socks in their respective feet. Dropping his black boxers to his ankles, Ienzo stepped out and into the less than warm water of the Destati Lake.
The rocks were rubbed smooth against the soles of his feet. He shivered at the temperature of the still water as he was knee deep. He grit his teeth and once more or less used to the feeling, dove in face first towards the center of the body.
Ienzo relished in the way the tranquility literally washed over him. He turned around beneath the surface letting the passing current flow through his hair, past his open arms and between his toes. He kicked off from about seven feet when he felt the need for oxygen. Swishing his long legs gracefully, he broke the surface with his head thrown back and filled his lungs with the sweet night air.
He opened his violet eyes to tread around, listening to the quiet but rhythmic sounds of swishing water coming to him in ripples, night bugs singing their evening requiems and the gentle howling of the wind.
No numbers, no virulent chemicals, no need to analyze anything. Ienzo enjoyed living in the castle, and having his life revolve around factual, tangible, things to study. But… this is what the world really was; serenity. This was something that's been around far longer than technology. And if there was anything that Ienzo loved more than science, it was the nature of the world of which he studied.
So Ienzo lay back and 'listened' to the thickness at his eyes.
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