NaPo/GloWriMo 2023 - Day 1

 Day 1 - April 1, 2023 - Write a poem based on a book cover*

Escape

I jump in with both feet
    and slowly sink to the bottom
As the light fades
I watch the surface
    gradually disappear above me

Water presses in
    oddly comforting
        like a weighted blanket
            or reassuring hug

Suspended in silence
for a few more moments 
    I relish the undisturbed calm around me

Then push off
and float back up

Breaking free of the water's hold
    I inhale deeply
                            and float

Reluctantly returning to the noise
    the insanity
    the confusion
                of reality

*"How To Swim" - Captain Davis Dalton