Later, you would ask me
to marry you. After we began
our ascent, could see the sun
shifting over us
at the mouth of the cave.
I would never tell you
what happened
in the last chamber
as your air tanks
disappeared in the dust.
How strange it was
watching you swim above me.
How for an instant
in the darkness there were
no memories, no body.
The guide line pulling me.
How, like an ancient fish
come up from the deep,
I could not see.
Did not want to see.
