Drowning

I am drowning

The world around me suffocating

I can’t breathe

Can’t think

Can’t move

Around me time passes

People flow in and out of my vision

Caught on the currents that will not let me free

They seem at peace

Content to be born abreast on the waves

They have no visible means of breathing

So why am I the only one drowning?

Why are they able to talk and laugh

To move around as they wish

While I am trapped

Screaming silently, no breath to make a sound

Hands close over my wrist and suddenly the weight is gone

I gasp and choke but I draw in lungfuls of life

Gentle hands pushing away the crushing pressure

It will be okay, I will be okay

Then they are gone

Again

I am alone

I am drowning

More hands, another snatched breath

A reassuring word, these hands will stay

They will help

They said they will help

Gone

Alone 

Drowning