The Bends

Diving deep underwater, mask on To hide your face, conceal your oxygen. You go deeper and deeper, not realizing How deep you’re going. Eventually, you come face to face with a marlin, But you see them as a carp. You can’t tell the difference between A carp and a marlin. You don’t see the marlin, rare as he is, And you mistake him for a carp. Well, this carp has a hook. A hook that will Plunge its way through your heart, Your soul, and your mind, and will Take everything out with it and swim As far away from you as possible after. But you don’t even realize it, because You’re not a fisherman. You can’t tell the difference between A carp and a marlin. And that will be your downfall.