We Swam That Day

We swam that day morning light invite to that shore Jumping, crashing, waves were smashing engulfing us as we played Shore line furthered Suddenly further, undertow carried carried me away The waves, the current I their victim took me deeper still Overhead crashing, smashing waves they crushed my chest Defiantly fighting, swam strokes fighting Fighting til my last breath These limbs nine years young So young I was to fear fear for life shortly lived The strength to fight slowly escaped my limbs The light on surface fades so fast faster still it fades sinking down the light it goes it goes so far away Drifting as the air escapes a halo of bubbles rising spherical symbols of my life leaving leaving, rising away Darkness swept my mind hope was darker still still my limbs were, floating fighting no more, sinking The surface... my mind... hope faded to darkness And then it was dark... peacefulness came, I saw no light saw no light....I was consigned... ...peacefully consigned to die Murmured voices calling, saying saying things too distant to hear hearing voices, calling from further further than I could hear They drew closer, the voices closer My mind drew closer to clear I felt the wind touch my skin Floating now, coughing coughing, expelling sea reclaiming the breath breath that ran from me ............................................................ Do I remember that day? Of course. We swam that day