Floating in Darkness

 Written 9/5/2022

I look around me

Nothing but darkness

No floor

Nothing

Only the feeling of drowning

Trying to stay afloat

I kick my legs

Move my arms

I am only losing hope

I don’t feel the sand

Just water all around

I hear someone

I reach with one hand

Screaming to be saved

I can’t be heard

For I’m too far away

The emptiness tries and fills me 

The darkness tries and consumes me

The water tries and drowns me

I want to survive 

I want to thrive

All I can see is darkness

Feeling tired

Losing hope