My Underwater Experience

Calm, cool and collected
Are what I feel when I'm here.
Without breaking the surface,
I know that's where I belong.
The water, gentle and warm,
Is the everlasting blood of life.

As I make my way further down,
The pressure, reminds me of a time
When I had to present a book report
In front of the class....
Uneasy, nervous and scared of what
Others had thought.
But looking all around,
In this silent world,
Words meant nothing.

Swimming through the skyscrapers
Of coral,
The different architecture amazes
Not only me, but the fish all around.
It's like going to a new country
And interested in their way of life.

As I journey pass the fathom
Forest of seaweed,
It's wall-like structure is a
Monument of years and safe haven.

Just when I thought that things
Couldn't get any better,
A school of jacks swim by.
I try to keep up with them
But the imaginary bus of jacks wait
For no one.
They continue on until they disappear
In the shadows.

I'm running out of air now,
Is this how it feels before someone
Passes on?
I start to go up,
Slowly reaching the surface,
I break the underwater universe
With air and the sound of my dad
Calling out to me.

With a smile on my face,
He helps me board the boat.
The images on my mind
Will carry on like the ocean.
It's profoundness is like my thoughts,
Only I can see it but yet,
Things rapidly change... just
Like the tides.