In this silence I hear voices from the sea The time when I sinked my head Into the crashing waves Trying not to get hit back to the shore Finding balance to stay swinging and caressing each wave The voice of the sea calling out my name Repeating the same phrase over and over I stay under water until I can’t breathe The suffocation, the urge to take in air, to live Enough of this I emerge from beneath like a newly baptised child