ONE WAY TICKET

ONE WAY TICKET Am I really swimming in grief And no prospect of any relief And this situation belies belief It wasn’t so bad in recent days But how such shifts can amaze Tell me if it’s sunlight up there But then, I always had assumed Any such attempt was doomed As buried riches rarely exhumed Was I just following some craze With a whole shipwreck to raise I’ll shrug and say C’est la guerre For this deep dive I was groomed Despite knowing a storm loomed As by greed, we were consumed I was sent to where danger plays Regret at how my pride displays But was more than truth or dare I kick arms and legs to no avail My oxygen supply will soon fail With no-one left to tell the tale As down in these depths it stays It’s a great loss in so many ways A treasure so valuable and rare Survival is now a pointless task Resigned, I’ll remove my mask Quick and painless is all I’ll ask Never again to see a sun’s rays My blurred vision is just a haze As of another world I’m aware