Last Breath

A true tale [https://www.lastbreathdoc.co.uk/screenings]

Saturation point

three hundred feet

down

in the cold North Sea.

 

Oil platform performance

disrupted,

cables cut,

lifeline gone

back to black.

 

Oxygen oozing

away,

alone

making peace

with his God

on a shelf.

 

Frantic

team action

to mount

the recovery

of a corpse.

 

Dragged dead

into the belly

of the bell,

the kiss of life

awakens

the submariner

again.

 

10/05/19

Author's Note

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

All action this one John. Nothing short of a miracle that the diver survived. What an ordeal for him and the rescue team. Penned perfectly.

Chris

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Yes I love stories like that, so inspiring. A miracle really. Many thanks Chris.

[andrew mitchell]

A tragic tale reminds me of those submarine disasters. As always true poetry in form John.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Cheers Andrew. You indulge me this night afore bed.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

into the blackness, the cold death in the polluted sea...
can feel the pull of this one.
j.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Thank you jacob. This is an account of a true event when a deep see diver was cut off and without oxygen alone on the sea bed for 38 minutes and survived.