Ascending: A Poem

I dream of swimming up
through a velvet ocean,
ascending towards the purple dawn.
Sometimes when I reflect upon my life
it seems I've always been submerged.
I'm fighting my way up a steep incline
to a new world
where life will finally be manageable
all my conflicts tied up
in a neat white bow.


This was a word bank poem: 


velvet, steep,purple,neat,reflect