Truth underneath the Gulf

Man's search for answers and his realisation 12metres beneath the Aqaba Gulf

He had started out 

Few kilometres off the beach, further south

It was just noon and the water surface was warm

As he dived deeper, he could feel the water slowly turn lukewarm

He had carried his emotional burdens above water, under water

Crushed by his constant thoughts of his lover or so he thought

These thoughts, these feelings, needing to be loved back, to be loved too, all these he had fought

6metres in and he had started to feel the pressure in his ear drums and lungs

By now, the cold in the salt water was setting in many ways

He pondered more on his desire to feel loved again and his weariness and emotional strain

He had thought about what the future would look like and in that moment, he felt the pain

He had stuck his feet in a rigged reef bend and was caught in it

In the moment, he saw life and nature and sea fish, large and small and the swimming of free fish

Emotional pain would await him, like the reef had done to his feet. He lifted his face up, pulled away from the bend and swarm slowly up, the truth staring and waiting for him above so much so he couldn't write this poem in its structure

Author's Note

A true experience. An out pouring as it is

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[Samuel Segun Toluwalase]

A truism of mine. An outpouring of a weary heart, a weary mind. One now tired ...