The Depths

You can swim in
and out of your depths
more easily now,
and willingly, and with
purpose. It’s not that
you deserve this,
because the mere
idea of desert is
foreign to the way
fate operates. But this
ability you now possess
was bought at a price,
even though it feels
like grace. And the lake
of fire you swam through
has refined you, so that
added to your pain is
a joy born neither of
rebellion nor resignation.