The surface is calm
The calm is interrupted
By a torrent underneath
A hidden current just below the surface
That you can't see
Or can't really feel until you have dived in
Its only once you have gotten in
That you start to realize
Just how deep and just how strong the undercurrent is
It threatens to take you under
You can feel yourself being dragged farther and farther
Panic starts to set in
You become disoriented
You begin to forget which way is up or down
Water begins to get in your lungs
You begin to choke as you try and force the water out of your lungs
The cold water is like a grave
******* the life out of you as you continue to struggle
You know that if you can't get out
You just might drown
There is no one around
No one to save you if you go under
Then
Almost like  a flash
You remember that all you have to do is relax
Stop fighting the flow
Just spread your arms out
And just calmly float to the surface
As you begin to float toward the surface
Its almost like you are lighter
You can feel yourself ascending
Breaking the waters surface as you breathe in that life giving breath
You sit on the surface
Shivering and exhausted
But alive
And all you can do is just thank that inner voice
That told you to be calm
And just let yourself rise
And you feel that much more happy to be alive
And that much more whole and appreciative
Then you have at any point in your life