036/365 09/26/2025

First you prime the lungs, deep breaths in and out. In…out…it slows the heart. Plumps the blood with oxygen. Some bob in the water, get a feel for the currents and chop. And when ready—though you’re never quite ready—never quite unready. But when it is time the body knows. Descends. The blue (gray, green) water closes above. Sounds muffle. And the body descends, descends, descends into the deep.