Charles S.

Deep Down

Self
Contained
Underwater
Breathing
Apparatus of life
Giant stride
Swallow your pride
Water all around
But you can breathe
Feet not on the ground
You don't want to leave
Air in your lungs
Down, down and down
Light slowly shuns
And much like the drowned
You sink to the bottom




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