Sink or Swim

20 bottles deep

Like 20,000 leagues under the sea

And who wouldn't

Given the task at hand

Bubbles like miniverses

Sparkling with the glimpse into a different life

Up towards the surface

To find a home and burst

In the burning light of day

Floating past my vision

Watching a world upside down

No oxygen here

Body burns for the things it needs

But the darkness is comforting

And who wouldn't

When you have to swim

Alone on the surface

A cold embrace, the enveloping sea

Pressure like a blanket

Swaddled in the most basic of instincts

Partner with the creatures

Of the dark cold deep