Sonya Florentino - Night Vision

You dance around it on tiptoe
Skimming the surface
Ever so shallow
When will you take the plunge
When will you sink and drown
When will you get to the bottom
where you know it can be found

Only then can you re-surface
Struggling to come up
Gasping for air
Knowing you care
Desperate to win back
Your life
Finally undestanding
The night
Finally knowing
You want to survive
Desperate for light
Which you now search for
With a new pair of eyes

Sonya Florentino

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/night-vision-8/