The Abyss

I feel like I am drowning, I am not breathing air But choking on water. These waves in my heart Erode the fragile stones of my soul Wasting away an eternity of existence. I am poisonous A plethora of disease, And I will drown you in my misery The amphibian, that is me. I can’t stand this skin And the asphyxiation that I’m in. I cry so often that tears are now my friend And in this sorrow I have learnt to swim. Deeper they drown me I am drunk on their flavour These things that I desire Inevitably I push them away. Blood runs thicker than water Although it’s both That ripple down these bones. Save me from myself As it’s from this body, I cannot hide Pull me from the shore For slowly rising Is this tide