Ocean
A black tidal wave sweeps out my feet,
I feel the water in my lungs, the weight dragging me down,
Slowly, ever so slowly, I am staring at the dark,
An all consuming ocean, of which there is no end,
My lungs are burning, and my eyes are blurry,
I don’t fight it, I can’t anymore,
The wanting of life, my every whim,
Suddenly my appetite for such things is gone,
I am no longer who I was,
I am less, much less,
Clinging to a belief of sunny skies above a surface I cant see,
Hands hold me, attempting to pull me,
Before suddenly, they too lose interest,
Searching for their sunny skies,
While I lay at the bottom of the ocean,
A strange peace I find,
Isolated, dark, cold, not a breath within my lungs,
A living death, beneath those who use me to find that surface
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