I feel lost
Like I've been caught in a riptide
Tumbling over and over
Unable to breath-to hear
Trying desperately to see

Feeling a crushing pressure
On my chest
A panicky desire to breath
To breath   to breath
But somewhere inside me
There is .......
A small soothing voice
Saying
" Not yet.....not yet...not yet"

Relax...let it roll
Relax...let it go
Relax...pretending you don't care
Relax relax ......relax
Float up and free...
Emerge......NOW!
Now breath.....Breath in the fresh air
Okay- I'm floating
FLOATING

But I'm still lost
Out in this vast ocean
Far away
From the security of the beach
I can see ...I can hear
What I've been missing
Now it seems
So far out of reach

Should I wait ....in hopes of rescue?
Or should I swim.....
....towards the shore?
Do I even know if it's where
I might have come from?
Is it somewhere I've never been before?

I'm not lost...am I
If I can see a landmark?
I'm not lost if it seems familiar
I'm not lost...if I just float here...
...just where I am?
Having just now....managed...to surface
Coming up to breath some air....so
I'll take a little time...to enjoy
The choices
That I now have ahead of me

Now.....
That..I'm on top
Now ....
That I'm floating
Now that I'm there ...where...
I can get that first...
....glorious
Gasping ....rasping...grasping
Everlasting...
First....breath...of fresh
FREE .....LIFEGIVING....BEAUTIFUL
WONDERFUL AIR

So now breathe and believe!
Breathe.. breathe ...Breathe
You have plenty of time
One breath
One breath at a time
One breath
One breath at a time...so .....breathe.