Calm waters

I have been hydrophobic for as long as I remember,

Wondering how I stayed nine month inside mother’s womb!

If to learn to swim meant life,

Death martyred me,

Stubborn escapist or coward,

These bitter potions had nil effect!

So was the attempt to throw me deep,

For I would run, cry, barge out,

“Water would engulf me,

Shrink my very existence”

Saving myself from arms and hands,

Urging me to give in,

To trust and believe,

I wouldn’t, I couldn’t!

One day out of the blue,

I was desperately alone,

Without judging eyes,

Or overdose of inspiration,

Or some lame adaptation of practicality,

So I extended my foot into the water,

Held myself for the moment,

Fear didn’t surpass,

It never occurred,

Sliding inside the waters,

Floated above,

Letting it go,

Loose and slow,

Life is so much better without audience,

Calm waters!