Drowning Again

The sorrows of the past all merge into one,

until all there's left to see is oneself.

Never knew these depths of me 

until I start swimming in my mind.

Alas, what starts as a means to pass time

turns into an obsession.

Before I know it, I am drowning again.

The desire to dream is an emotion

that I have barely touched upon.

Strange things happen to those who dream,

it leaves me drowning again.

The ocean beckons me to plunge in.

I dare not dip a toe.

For the tides of emotion, I cannot bear,

engulf me and leave me

drowning.