1,2,3...
I'm sinking,
I'm sinking deeper and deeper.
I'm wide awake,
My mind rushing to find a way out,
But my body stays calm
As the coolness soothes my skin
And stings my frantic eyes.
I feel heavy,
As my body cuts through the blue.

60,61,62...
My arms flow above me
As the pressure wraps its serpent like self
Around me
Starting at my legs,
Up my torso,
Around my throat,
And finally up to the tips of my fingers.
Constricting my ribs,
My lungs,
My heart,
As if I was its little terrified prey.
It consumes me.

95,96,97...
The sunlight begins to fade.
My vision blurs,
Stinging from the feel of
Salt and desperation.
I close my eyes.
I'm frighten,
But I don't dare thrash around
For I haven't a clue
Of what could be
Encircling merely inches away.
Not that it would help.
The weights,
They drag me under.

120,121,122...
I can't feel a thing.
My body begins its hibernation.
My legs and arms limps.
My heart racing to keep me awake.
My brain sorting itself out.
The light is gone
As well as my hope.
I thrash around,
It gets me nowhere.
I'm still sinking.

167,168,169...
I can't hold on to it anymore.
My lungs are on fire.
My brain beats violently,
Like the drums of war,
Against the inners of my skull.
My heart races faster,
Then a stampede of wild bison,
Against my ribs.
"Hold on," My brain whispers.
"Lets go!" my lungs scream.
"Do it..." My heart calls.
I release my final breath.
I open my eyes just to watch,
As my soul escapes,
In those four little bubbles.

178,179...
I'm numb.
My thoughts are gone.
My heart slows.
I'm no longer scared,
As I give into the sweet melodies,
Of the sirens
Who whisper to me,
"Just slip into sleep..."
...180