And as I
Took that one
Last fateful step
Wading farther out
Then ever before
The sandbar gave
Way to canyon
Pulling me under
With only the
Filtering shimmering sun
Showing me which
Direction was up
Like a whale
Cold darkness tried
To swallow me
But my legs
And arms flailed
In panic of
Dying rising me
Higher until at
Last I popped
Like a bobber
Above the water
When hope cast
As a rope
Was thrown by
Friends to me
And they and
Not me brought
Me back to
Them for yes
I had wandered
Foolishly beyond myself
But they knew
Where I belonged