The Deep End

Swimming in the deep end.
Got you feeling distressed up to your neck.
Cheating death just a little beneath the waves.

Kick and push you fight, trying to stay afloat.
Water going inside your head.  
Got you feeling struggling in the deep end.
Look around no one to pull you out.
Got you searching for the edge.

Taste of that salty sea water inside your throat. Can't feel pain, numbed at the knees.
Drifting away beneath the waves.
That current ever so strong.
With no life preserver to hold on to.

You keep your head up and back straight.
Fearing not to sink. Looking above the sun burning bright above your head.
You count backwards inside your head to remain calm.

A big cloud covers the sun turning the day into dark. You break concentration and you sink and panic. You close your eyes and say this is it. You reach out in one less effort. When you feel a strong grip around your arm. Being pulled out of the water and look up and see a red cross.

When you open your eyes blurred for the moment trying to adjust.
A smile looks back a fallen angel has broken your fall and come to your aid. Start to breath slowly the sun once again comes out from behind the clouds.

To show you, your not done as you lay on
 that raft. The sun rays gently carass your face.
 You feel the waves an endless dream as you float away and thank the Lord