for years i had been drowning
but nobody tried to pull me out
as i sunk deeper and deeper
into nothingness.
i couldn’t close my eyes,
my eyelids were heavier than steel
and numb, as if frostbitten
the burden on my shoulder
weighing me down as i fell,
the words i left unsaid
still lingered at the tip of my tongue,
kicking and forcing their way out of my mouth,
but never heard
for the water had canceled them,
turned them into meaningless noise,
another addition to the sea of entropy.
the thoughts i couldn’t share
remained inside my head,
forever haunting me,
never released,
never free.