Driven Deep

In the depths I had been forsaken

Lost without a cause

Trudging through the fusion of hydrogen and oxygen alike

I saw my last breath trapped in bubbles

Watched them float up freely

When I knew that I would only sink

But panic must have drowned first

For without air I had no way of knowing why

I was still capable of thought

I was dreaming

Swirling in the ocean’s wonderment

But caught in its nightmare

I knew that time would dwindle quite quickly

But as I felt life escaping me

I prolonged myself self to live, for my will was strong

I struggled to dig myself out of my watery grave

Attempted to free my soul from airless torture

But the currents were strong

They battled twice as hard to keep me prisoner

Falling in and out of consciousness, I knew the end was near

And I could not bear the truth

To die such an awful death

So I stretched up my hand

Let it penetrate through to the realm I once belonged to

But at that moment I had already been lifeless

The sea had taken yet another soul

My arm lay above the water

In its own defiance to death itself