Sanctuary [Poetry]

aug.13.22

my heart is a boat
sinking
and i am inevitably
drowning;
the more it beats,
the more water
gets
inside and it
hurts.

it keeps sinking
down;
down...
down —

i couldn't get myself
up to gasp
for air,
for rescue —

my voice
is a thunder
a decibel less than
zero.

there's bubbles
scattered
in my mouth.

and there's rain,
the eyelids are
roof unguarded;

and my palms
keep having
tremors;
seizures —

and the waves just
keep on pulling
me closer
beneath;

lulling me to
a void
i can never
escape.