Drowning

Can't breathe

Darkness is closing in

I fight to escape and yet

Breaking free seems impossible

Closing my eyes only

Brings more haunting images

Unable to erase from my brain

Walls are collapsing

Much like my fragile barriers

I reach out but there's

Nothing to hold onto

No one there to save me

Rescue can only come

From deep within me

And yet I don't know if

The strength remains anymore

I struggle to remain,

To stave off the hopelessness

Desperately grasping to

Hold onto that last sliver

Of hope

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