The Bottom
I took a deep breath and dove under
Swimming through various temperature layers and degrees of darkness
But I can’t reach the bottom
I surfaced gasping to catch my breath
With more determination I inhaled until I thought my lungs were going to explode
I’m going to find the bottom
Down, down, down, and down I swam
My lungs beginning to scream in alarm and my mind starting to feel the affects
But there seemed to be no bottom
I popped firm the surface like a torpedo
I took in the air like a body taking in its first breath every part of me rejoicing in relief
But I still had not found the bottom
I rested there on the surface for a while
Face down in the water I watched glimmers of hidden figures in the dark
And wondered, Have they seen the bottom
Then I concluded that I shall not know now
Where it stops or where it goes nor shall I understand all the beasts that lie within
Especially those that dwell at the bottom