If I dive down
deep,
feet scraped
from the ragged
edge of the cement
that no one cares for,
eyes shut and
bubbles beating at
the darkness
as I submerge -
does my plummeting
trajectory
point me to
the shallows where
the signs proclaim
I'm not in over my head?
Or does it drag me
to the ragged floor,
where chipped tiles
look on in amazement
at my inability
to breathe?
