down,
                down,
                        down.

I yell out loud, but without sound,
My arms wave goodbye on their own,
I kick my feet at whatever's dragging me

        down, 
                down,
                        down.

I hold my breath, could be my last,
I yearn for air, but not one seems left,
I sense danger, dread on dread follows me

        down, 
                down,
                        down.

I gasp for one blast of now rare air,
But water rushes into my yawning mouth,
Down my throat, and into my lungs collapsing

        down,
                down,
                        down.

My body vertical, head tipped back,
My arms float up from my aching sides
As deeper in my darkening thoughts I sink

        down,
                down,
                        down.

At the mercy of something irresistible,
Tranquil shafts of sunlight dim all around,
Waters dark and darker grow, I simply surrender 

        down,
                down,
                        down.

And then I'm back, safe and sound,
I can breathe free, but better than before,
No more will my sin in this life now anchor me

        down,
                down,
                        down.

I wanted in You to drown, to trade
For the fair air of my All Mighty God, and
To send to the depths my every sin nowhere but

        down, 
                down,
                        down.
 

Matthew 10:38, 16:24, and 19:21