It wasn't sudden,
It gradually came over me
I started to feel stifled
I couldn't talk loud enough,
I couldn't hear myself,
People weren't hearing me,
And then I felt drowned.
I felt as though I was stuck
Under a glass cover,
And no one could break me out,
I could feel myself sinking lower and lower;
Getting more and more stifled.
I knew I was getting further and further away from breathing again.
I thought I saw The Hand reaching down for me,
I thought He was coming down to take me home with Him.
But all He did was touch my forehead;
All at once I was rising through the water and
Breaking
Through
The glass.
I could hear again,
People could hear me,
But most importantly,
I could breathe.