No Fear In One Dip- Imagery Poem

Murky water watches me as I walk slowly toward it

It stretches out to me,

My body,

Wanting to jump in

Enjoy the coolness of a summer swim,

Feel the water against my cool skin.

The water calls my name,

A name no one else knows.

She watches me hesitate,

Knowing I don’t know what to do.

She tells me I’m stupid,

For not trusting her.

She tells me that she won’t hurt me.

Will she?

Can I trust the foggy mess, I see?

So innocent looking,

The creatures swimming down below,

They tell me they are safe.

They yell at me,

Saying I am just a naïve girl.

They tell me just to forget everything else,

And take the plunge.

The pressure,

To jump into the calm water.

It invites me in by just one simple look.

Tempting me, to try, just once it says.

No hurt in one time.

No fear in one dip.

A step back,

A moments look,

A swift jump in.

Cool water covers me.

The murky mess leaves while I am there.

A relaxing place.

Water whispers words to me,

Words that only we two know.

Words that make me stay by her side.

A sense of power,

A feeling of security.

No one can catch me now.

No one can tell me this is wrong.

Swimming on the surface,

Gets so tiring,

Paddling through the mess,

Will just get dull.

And once you start sinking there is just no going back.

the bottom is near.

As the water leaves you out to drown.

Was it worth it in the end?

Just one dip

Just one swim

Turned into a power trip.

No one else can rescue me now,

But myself.

Swim back up through the murkiness

Waiting for my lifeless body.

Until someone sees a fragile form,

And yanks me back up to reality.  

Maybe no one will,

No one will help this mess I am.

Will I sink, into the darkness?

That’s what I deserve after all.

The dip,

Is done.

Power trip is over,

for good this time.