Just a feeling.

Quiet,

That’s the only way to describe what it’s like when you're underwater.

Slowly sinking lower and lower into the calming water. It feels like your weightless.

If you clear your mind, you can make just the couple minutes of holding your breath feel like hours.

Just existing,

As I softly land on the bottom.

There's nothing in that moment that could make me feel like I was so truly alone, but so completely safe and surrounded all at once.