Spiral

The darkness surrounds me

Itching closer and closer

until it consumes me

I struggle, yet drown

in its overwhelming power

 

Unconscious, I float to the top

Drifting upward

through the gradient of greys

toward the light

 

I awake

struggling to open my eyes

 

Not all is lost

above the sea

Here I can breathe

I gasp

lungs filling with air

 

I am alive.

I am here.

 

Take it all in

before the spiral begins again.

 

 

[Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge: Patterns]