I Know

I know.  Two simple words.

Yet they send me tumbling

I fall into the deep darkness, silently

watching the light above grow dimmer.

 

When it fades completely, I look around.

Total darkness, it sets in, seeping

into my bones.  I feel myself still falling.

Then I panic, grabbing at empty air.

 

It does me no good.  I keep falling.

I fill my lungs, scream, but there is no sound.

I open my mouth to scream again,

but water starts to fill it - I'm choking.

 

I can't breathe around the salty taste.

The darkness is getting even darker now.

Then...sudden brightness.  I'm upright

in bed, scratches on my arms, a tear stained face.

 

It was all imagined, I realize with relief

But to my horror, the evidence is still there,

on my arms, on my face, on my pillow,

and theres a voice echoing in my head "I know"

Reviews

[Mariah]

Chilling.

Nice imagery.

I particularly like the line, 'I can't breathe around the salty taste.'