I Fell

I fell into a great waterfall

I tumbled and I screamed

And I gasped for air

Grasping at the falling water

Trying to prevent the smacking crash

Into the river below

 

When shocked by grace

The water cradled me somehow

And the stinging entry

Did not overwhelm

 

But I am still falling, falling

Deeper and deeper into darkness

I cannot find the sky

 

I come up for air

With open mouth and hungry heart

And I am thrust back down again

Bubbles and ripples and currents command

 

I toss and flail about

Reaching, reaching, reaching

I know not for what

Scrambling, searching, struggling

Darkness all around

 

And then, as if by magic

As though from hands unseen

My body is lifted to the surface

And I am no longer frightened