“silence – in a muffled sort”

I want to live in a world underwater

I used to play this game as a child

completely by myself

not because I didn't have anyone to play with

but because it made the experience so much better when you're alone.

I would stand on the water

and throw myself backwards

so that I submerge quickly

I look up

and I see the air bubbles from my fall

floating in a crown around my head

the light filtering through the surface of the water

causing rays to shoot through the body

the waves refracting the sun

causing each bubble to shine

like freshly polished diamond

the world reverberates here

silence

–

in a muffled sort of way

I know the wind

and the waves

and my sister yelling on the beach

all exist

but under the water noise all sounds the same serene

a pressure thrumming on your ears

your lungs fighting to get air

but this peace makes air seem insignificant