It swirls

In eddies

Gentle,

At first

But as I watch

The power

Pulls me under

Darkness all around

A swirling,

Churning

Vortex

Allowing no escape

A scream bubbles up

Soundless,

Unheard

Stuck

Between Scylla

And Charybdis

Underneath the waters

I yearn

To touch the sun