Under the Deep Blue Sea

UNDER THE DEEP BLUE SEA

do you ever feel
you could sink to the
bottom of the ocean
and stay there a while?

I do--
though what is it I'd do once I got there
is unclear.
perhaps close my eyes,
feel the currents sway me,
or the sand and rocks
beneath me, solid but not.
I'd watch for mermaid, maybe.

or, if it's the really dark bottom I'd
hide away in a crevice
from the creepy, insidious fish
they show on the Animal Planet
and wait a minute, shit --
what if there are sharks? what if I get stung by a Portuguese Man-O-War or something deadly poisonous on the way down? what if I die there, alone and can't even cry or feel the tears run down my face or hear the sound of my own screams (can you scream underwater? probably not...)?

in the end,
I guess it's best
if I stay on land.
must be why I was born with feet
instead of fins.