In a Way, It's like a Wave

In a way it's like a wave. It washes over you, not enough to drown you, but for a moment you feel like you're drowning as you helplessly heave for air and there's nothing to breathe in. Salty water is all there is. Salty water that you gulp down because there's nothing else and it makes you feel sick. The water isn't clear and beautiful like Sally told you it would be, but ice cold, murky and polluted. It envelopes you and you lose track of which way is up. It feels like drowning, but then you finally catch a breath and you don't drown after all. You feel your head aching and your stomach twisting from all the murky water you swallowed, but you are breathing still.