Suffocate

It grabs me

Hands tightening 

Around my neck

Clasping my throat

Can't breathe

Gasp for air

Try to claw them away

Reaching up

Grabbing for the hands

But to no avail

It's too strong

Can't hold it off

Pressure heightens

Nails pierce skin

Drawing blood

A river of red

Gushes

Drips down my neck

My vision wavers

Loosing my grip

On reality

One last effort

I fling up my arms

But I'm unsteady, weak

So I give up

Let the darkness

Blur my vision

Close my eyes

Clench my jar

Hold back the tears

Author's Note

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Reviews

[Dean Kuch®]

I read this and thought of someone slowly, inexorably dying inside. trying deperately to cling to what's real, then eventually succumbing to the overwhelming darkness. I read this...and thought of me.

[Distant horizons]

canfeel the panic of the feeling so vividly in your words. Intense and wonderfully done.