POETRY

Submerge; a Poem for National Poetry Month

#NatPoWriMo, Day 11

Image by David Mark from Pixabay, with filter/adjustments by author

This poem is written as part of a larger effort to write a poem every day for National Poetry Month. Please enjoy this metaphorical, emotive poem.

Submerge

It must be so easy to slip down below,
submerge yourself in cooler waters
when the surface erupts in chips of white.

It is grayer below. The swarm of sounds
tucks into bubbles, muffled echoes of their former selves.
The volume lower, you can hide there.

You’ve traded the fingers in your ears
for a periscope and bunker,
and the quietude of

alone.

Even the whales come up for air,
their siren-songs, ancient and pure,
with tales of the cold down below
— they rise up and meet the surface
in bursts of white-tipped glory.

I wish the same
for you.

About this prompt:

April 11

National Submarine Day is on…