Submergence

Pulled from the water of the womb, we begin to make our way back to the feeling of being submerged. How different it is from drowning! The willingness to be perfectly still and washed through. All we have is our bodies and our minds, bones anchored to the shore while we delve into the oceans of the psyche. Learning to swim float surf dive. I'm scared to ask who are drowning. I'm afraid of those who are gasping for air and pulling down everything around them, whirlpools turning life jackets into shipwreck. It frustrates me at times when the people teaching you to hold your breath have lost theirs a while ago.