The Ocean

Crashing waves

Blue and whites intertwine 

With energy undeniable

Forceful life that crashes in

Grains of sand slowly go out to sea

As the water picks it up

As if it weighs nothing

Watching the sand cling to the ground

Off it goes

To a world beyond we do not see

Everything on the beach drowning

As the whites of the waves come in

Scooping up life

With nothing to hold on to

You are left scratching at nothing

Claw marks are left in the sand

Only to be washed away 

just a second later

Unable to breathe

As the currents pull you in

Gasping for breath

Fighting a world you don’t belong in

One breath

Down again

Pulled down once again

Currents stronger than before

Grabbing at something 

Nothing is there

Trying to survive

For survival isn’t there

No matter how hard you try

Two breaths

Fighting again

Unable to scream

Down again we go

A cycle unable to be broken

Current racing around 

No time to breathe

No time to stop

Just the vast energy 

Radiating from such force

Three breaths

Finally, maybe

Never any time

Continuing to sea

No place to go

Like a boat in a bottle

Stuck 

Only in hopes to be free

The strength is running out

Willing to fight is leaving

Keep swimming

Against an Unbreakable current

Maybe there is a break

A way to escape 

This vast amount of water

For only to keep drowning in

Still no time

Once I am released

From the grips of the sea

Tiring attempts against the currents

I have to breathe

Somehow I have too

I will not survive

Breathing

Barely alive

The ocean hasn’t drowned me

Only it came close