I have recently taken an interest in poetry this past semester. I never thought I would be writing poetry in my spare time. But yet, here I am! This poem I wrote is an Ode to scuba diving. Take a little break from winter and I hope you enjoy my underwater poem!

Diving The Depths

“My favourite thing to do on this planet is to scuba dive.”

-Buzz Aldrin

Diving deep below the depths

As far as we can go

We inhale and exhale as we focus on our breaths

Making sure we enjoy the view, diving into the shadows

The silence of the deep

Hearing only our respirators

Then a dark shape, a sea turtle

Appearing from the murky trench

Majestically swimming and drawing subtle attention

He glides on by, almost surreal

This feeling is all due to one invention

Scuba diving: an experience unreal

Though it may be quite complicated to learn

Once you learn, you will never stop adventuring

Traveling the world to see the mysteries it holds

And to think Jacque Cousteau; the beginning of it all

I hope you forgot that Christmas is over and now we have winter for four more months. Hopefully, you only thought of swimming with sea turtles and being warm!