"white water"

Fear consumes every part of my being

Anxiety sits on the top of my mind

I wonder,

Who will win this battle?

As we approach, people burst out of the bus

Excitement sweeps across their faces

While I,

Fade slowly into the crowd

In front and behind,

I see bodies lunge into

The “white water”

Floating,

Others experience Joy

While I am overtaken by fright

And soon, I could see no-

One.

An abyss of emptiness

Led me to cry as

The “white water”

Began closing in over my face

And sucks me up into its malicious stomach

Fighting back the current

I feel no hope

I grasp onto a rock, choking

Straining for my inner tube,

My fears have become my reality

Unable to seize the tube

I discover myself under

The “white water”

Again.

Struggling to survive

Under the powerful clutch of the waves,

A hand from above reaches

And lifts me to safety

No trial or pain

Will ever test my heart

So much as it was

in

The “white water”

For, the water consumed me,

But the hand of mercy

Raised me from my

Grave.