Swimming Asleep

The feeling overwhelms
and I begin to drown
Escape is far from grasp
and I continue to go down

I embrace the now
I’ll tell you how
I take deep breaths
until there is nothing left

But then if comes
escape finds me
out of the murky waters
if only my eyes can see

I spit and I cry
it seems I didn’t die
the sun hits my eye
as I look at the sky

What’s now is what’s then
but I won’t do it over again
the how and the way
to that I’ve said goodbye.