Page 152 of Hekate: The Witch (Goddesses of the Underworld #1)

And a Pull

At some point the fall

became a pull upwards.

It started at my waist,

as though the claws

of some great creature

had wrapped around me

and were drawing me up

to meet its eye.

My limbs were like a doll’s

floating uselessly

as the force pulled

until through the inky dark

I finally saw the light.

And then, just as abruptly

as I had fallen in,

I was out of the water,

tossed inelegantly

onto a rocky ground.

When my eyes cleared

I saw the light reflected first

and then as I turned…