You went into those waters
The ones they always warned you about, scolded you for speaking - thinking about
Yet you submerged yourself so completely, it ****** you in whole
You peacefully sank without a cry for help, without a murmur of protest
The weight of the water held you, the surface stilled

You went into those waters
You let it eat you, fill you up, take you hostage
But you were not detained
You made it home, you breathed in the blackness – lived for the blackness
It was the uncertainty within the musk which you could not resist

You went into those waters, but you did emerge
You resurfaced with its heavy stench clinging to you
Everything you built turned to ash upon your touch
Your visit in the water was what rotted your soul - tainted your skin
It stained your body till you were unrecognizable
You emerged a stranger to yourself

You went into those waters
But you never did return - for it was not you who resurfaced
Your clean body lies hidden along the waters floor

You went into those waters
You were warned, but could not resist
You enjoyed what could provide
And in return it kept you