Poseidon

From a sinking boat they roll me

  To lighten the load

   Tied tight so as not to fight

Back

     And forth

The waves toss me

        My sight begins to blur

     Soon the horizon is lost and

             I am forced to view my own breath rise in spheres

          Coils of my hope rush to the surface

  Escaping the anchor that is my body

In a last fit to live,

                          I push against the deep

         Arching upward to the place that light shines through, 

                  Where the warmth lives

     This final, silent scream relinquishes the last of my life

  A single sphere

     And it floats so delicately this time

                    My soul, drifting upwards

             Reaching towards a final freedom