Ascent from a Dive
We dive deep
into the unknown,
lungs burning with
questions and shapeless forms.
What is that lurking beside us?
Failure? Death? A monster from the deep?
Take us up from this place.
Move us to a level where we can see the light.
We see the break in the shadows,
the striated beams filter low like little searchlights in the depths.
They pull us up, save us from ourselves and our doubts,
little hopes in the darkness.
Then Light pulls us —
pulls you and me closer.
As we rise, the pressure
doesn’t crush. We breathe again.
The light moves freely here. Ripples
on the waves, playful
and bright. Our chests slip
back into normal rhythm.
We swim further upward to the sun
and rise with breath in our lungs.
A deep release
into a surface glittering.