Standing Above, You Watched Me Drown
My struggle
My panic
Was just amusement to you
What was happening didn't matter
The water wasn't filling your lungs
Wasn't making your chest beat like a drum
Counting down the seconds
Before your chest collapsed
Before your last thought
Left
Your mind
No
It was my lungs
My chest
My thought
My mind
The very mind that once trusted you
That once called you best friend
That once was manipulated into believing it was loved
By you
The most painful part
When you were drowning
I reached out my hand
to help you
And you pulled me in
You used my body
as a ladder
You were never struggling
It was an act
A trick
As soon as you could
You called out to my demons
And they gladly came
Screaming for mercy
They pulled at my ankles
My thighs
My torso
My last thought explored the feeling of pain
Pain leaking into my heart
Killing me before the water could
Standing above
You watched me drown
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