I've been trying to grab on to anything that looks like a lifeline.
But all I've found have been untethered strings and broken safety nets.
I'm drifting so far away from breathing.
So far from land.
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Poetry"I want to cry and get it out of my system but the tears never overflow: I'm drowning from within." My 10th poetry book Started: 5-6-23 Finished: 1-26-24
Untethered
I've been trying to grab on to anything that looks like a lifeline.
But all I've found have been untethered strings and broken safety nets.
I'm drifting so far away from breathing.
So far from land.