During Vacation...

    During vacation on a beautiful day

Listening to birds sing with kids splashing water down the creek

Hearing the sounds of whispers from the breeze,

Not a cloud in the sky

I felt the power through the rocks,

See the water glistening from the trees,

The feeling of oneness of nature was all around you

Love, happiness, and joy all combined as one

That's the way I felt, my first time in Sedona.





    Mom with her boyfriend, laughing and sun tanning,

Tina, Liz, Melissa, and I playing in a pool of deep water,

As the water submerges completely,

Playing jaws, trying to scare each other,

Not a fear of the water, not even the feel of fish,

Tina afraid of the feel of a fish on her leg

As we start to race one another

Swimming back and forth,

We realize Tina's the ultimate swimmer.




    With a cramp in her leg and fish swimming around

Tina starts to come undone

Terrified where she's at

Red Rock slipping from her reach

She finds the first thing to cling to (MY Head)

As she pushes me under to reach the ledge of the rock,

I lose my breath and start gliding to the bottom,

As I paddle my way up to catch some clean air.

I get pushed under once again,

This time I'm deeper in the water, closer to the floor.





    I dive up, to no longer see any legs,

I'm left alone, and terrified,

Trying to struggle afloat, but realizing I'm too tired.

I yell "Oh Shit I'm Drowning" as I go under.

"Is this it?  I'm only twelve," as I close my eyes, to see a light.

I feel a tug on my shirt as I open my eyes,

I realize I'm laying on a rock with water coming out,

My mom's boyfriend heard my plea and came to my rescue,

I thanked him and rested that whole day.