Drowning!

Heart flutters like a hummingbird’s wings.
Like I’ve ran for hours. 
The sun blurs as the waves merge back together. 
Liquid blanket closes around my shoulders. 
Sink deeper, deeper,
The silence is starving for my sanity. 

I can hear my heartbeat. 

Thumping in my ears. Slows to a deathly pace,
A pace meant for endless sleep. 

Pulsepulsepulse pulse pulse pulse…pulse…

Hush, now, lungs, 
Let the seawater rush in and 
Kiss the pain away,

Let the bubbles race across my skin,
Millions of tiny orbs, little beads scrambling
For the surface, 
Let them tickle my neck and arms. 

Let the warmth of shallow water fade
Into the deep, black cold of the ocean. 

On the beach, you could call her a friend. 
In her arms, she feels like something sinister,
A collar that is too tight. 

She is no sparkling blue maiden.
She is a murky ebony witch. 

Heart is screaming. Mouth opens to echo
But all sound is muffled.
Floating slowly down the ocean floor. 

Oxygen is naught but a memory, 
And sunlight is a thing of other worlds. 
Starless nights await as I close my eyes
One last time. 

I touch down on sand, 
Look up perhaps searching for
an angel to greet me, but see only
Endless fields of water,
Color of old bruises. 
Soundlessness all around. 

Pulse…
…
…
…

Author's Note

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Reviews

[Michael Mendez]

Holy s**t hahahaha what a great read! Your description of everything was amazing. 👍👍👍

[Luther Seahand]

Lovely. You know, you should try YOUR craft at writing a novel, it felt like I was reading a passage from one.

[Luther Seahand]

Lovely. You know, you should try craft at writing a novel, it felt like I was reading a passage from one.

[Lizardo]

''Oxygen is naught but a memory, ''
Wow this is an awesome piece of work!
a very interesting poem

[willweb]

I literally found it hard to breathe as I read this. This was fantastic. I definitely could feel this.

[MomzillaNC]

Penning the moments of drowning, hoping to the last… Very well penned.

Sometimes, life feels like that too.

[Haeshin]

...Whoa. Very nice and dramatic in the slow fashion of what it may be like to drown.

[Coyote Poetry]

Very good use of description. Made the reader feel the words and the emotion. I liked how you described the feeling of drowning. Nice flow of thoughts led to the strong ending. Thank you for sharing the excellent poetry.
Coyote

[Einstein Noodle]

oh my .. i feel a little breathless myself .. very fine poetry for me!! especially:
"Endless fields of water,
Color of old bruises. "
Wow! .. dark, sad and poignant ... oh the silent quiet scream of that last salty breath ..
E.

[Vanesa Markovic]

I love dark writing and I love this, very well done.
-VM