I drown in the sorrow of a deluded reality
My lungs burn as I gulp down the falsities
that I make up in my mind
Viewing the world through assumptions
casts watermarks on the picture I see
As if my thoughts printed out
on the lenses of my glasses
I can't see whats standing right in front of me
An opportunity to seize
becomes a tragic loss of confidence
A conversation
twists into a game of read between the lines
An idea
flickers into a panic attack
I'm breathing in and out
in and out
in and out
The oxygen is escaping before I can capture it
my heart is beating to the melody of a jack hammer
and I don't know which way is left or right
because I'm sinking to the bottom of the ocean now
reaching out into the murky depths
hoping the divers will take my hand to bring me back to the surface
but my palms remain empty.
About the Creator
Natalie Johnson
A place to share my brain.
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