if i could bypass it
if it were as easy as it seemed
to grasp the one thing that was keeping me afloat
but my head has been under too long

and i can feel it filling my lungs
but i’ll allow it
i won’t fight it anymore

it will consume me
until i’m nothing but a memory
you saw me in the water
but you didn’t look back

03/17/24



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