In the Dark Blue Waters

Dark gray clouds overwhelmed me, taking over my heart.

Darker and darker they grew, I feared that they would never part.

The sea grew dark and angry as upon the waves I was tossed.

Deep in the dark blue waters, I became lost.

I panicked, kicking my arms and my legs as above water I tried to remain.

In the dark blue waters, I sunk as hollowness came with the pain.

I swallowed air one gulp at a time.

Trying to breathe became a struggle like an upward climb.

I flapped around, looking for someone to rescue me.

In the dark blue waters, I feared I would always be.

The stormy clouds gathered together, and lightning flashed in the sky.

This was it, in the dark blue waters, I knew I would die.

I could no longer survive this war or the battle’s fight.

I sunk more and more sometimes out of fright.

Emptiness filled within me as I struggled to make it through.

I doubted that there was anything more that I could do.

I was tired and wanted to give in to the waters dark and deep.

The will to continue on was the only thing I had left to keep.

In the dark blue waters, I was being swallowed up by.

This couldn’t be it, and I wasn’t ready to die.

My mind was shutting down, and my heart began to slow.

In the dark blue waters, I’d sink, and no one would know.

Then just as I was about to close my eyes one last time.

The sunlight peeked through to guide me in this battle’s climb.

As my arms and legs stopped kicking a peace filled my soul.

Like the soft calmness of the sunlight’s glow, making me feel whole.

In the pale light shined upon the dark blue waters that I had been tossed.

In the pale light, I began to feel less lost.

And above the waters, I felt my body begin to float.

Weakly out of the dark blue waters, I climbed back on the boat.

The clouds began to slowly part, and I gained another view.

I had made it through the trials, and the water was now less dark blue.

As I laid upon my back and looked up to the light blue sky.

I know that there will be more dark blue waters, but I would always try.

For as long as I don’t give up, in the dark blue waters, I will make it through.

And the clouds will part, giving me hope in the wonderful view.