Water whispers, wild and wet
Surrounds securely, stifling
Light, leaching away laughter
Bearing down brittle bones.
Waving, wavering
Tears for trying, taste
Of salt, softly screaming.
Deep down, despair
Easing each exhale.
Gasp grab grasping
Futile fingers fumble
Slippery skin shivers
Leaden legs leach
Marrow into murmuring mists.
Insistent inky idyll
Silence speaks no safety.
Blinded, bound, bereft
I sink, surrendered.
Each bubble bears my breath.
