help

The question is

would you help

a screaming person

if you had to work.

Most would say no,

they aren't as important.

But what if it

was you?

No one would help you.

Screaming out

all will to live

gone.

Being pushed,

under the surface

farther and farther.

Until not even the rustle of a leaf 

settling,

could penetrate

your vacant state.

Sad for your loss,

people gather around.

Not realizing

they could have saved you.

They chose ignorance

over attentiveness.

Let you slip

like water through their fingers

gone 

in the blink of an eye.

~Akinli Wilde