Weights

When something/someone drags you down, it can be the end of you

Down I am dragged
Kicking and screaming, my breath ragged
Chains clanking as I fall to the ground
Only I hear the sound

Weighing me down, sinking quicker and quicker
The rocks on the walls I struggle to hold on to get slicker
Gravity never has been so aggravating
Its pull on me excruciating

As I attempt to take a breath, my lungs fill with water
The weights bring me down deeper underwater
I scratch at the air
Hoping to find oxygen somewhere

At last the life begins to drain from me
I hear the scream of the banshee
Closing my eyes, I gladly go into death’s embrace
Calmly, I accept my fate