Steadfast Sinking
I can’t feel my knees.
I’m moving in earnest to stay afloat, yet
I can’t stop my heart.
Palpitations oncoming like waves in a tsunami, and
I can’t catch my breath.
I’m breathing as if it’s my last breath alive, but
I feel everything.
The weight on my shoulders, the water filling my lungs, so
I freeze.
Is time wandering without me, or
Am I drowning?
I feel everything all at once like a crash of a wave, but
The receding of the tide fills me with hope until the waves wash it away.
I am not okay.
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