Some Seek Beauty

A swimmer who has ventured too deeply
into the dark depths of the sea
must struggle upward toward the light
and a sustaining breath of air—
to survive, to know another day.

Depending on what we have been given,
how much we are allowed to know,
some of us struggle upward for more.
In our clarified moments we seek beauty.
It is an attempt to find meaning —
a higher purpose beyond mere survival.