DROWNING- POETRY

I was awed by the ocean and it’s mighty crashing waves

And the pungent salty smell of that summer day

In love with its majesty and the sky above it grey

As I began to walk closer and into it’s grasp

The sky began to shimmer with it’s golden blast

The waves began to scoop me up as another one did strike

And the ocean began to hold me ever tight

In curiosity I began to wonder what could only lie below

So I dove right under, I had to see it for myself

When air again my lungs did breathe

I realized this thing I once had loved had tightened its grip on me

The safety of the sandy shores was now too far gone

And no one there could hear my cries, either could I

The waves began to pull me out further unto the sea

And the salty smell had disappeared and now left a bitter taste

The sky above me began to fade into the blackness of the sea

Even Zeus’s arrows had become nothing to me

I fought to break the grip, of death’s fingers around my throat

But suddenly I was not afraid, even if the world around me had begun to fade

A siren sound filled my ears and I welcomed the darkness in its whole