The Ocean Inside Me

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Inside my chest, there is a sea,
A dark, unyielding misery.
It drowns my thoughts, it floods my veins,
It's nothing but relentless pain.

I try to swim, but always sink,
I try to breathe, but only drink
The salty waves of endless grief,
That offer no hope, no relief.

The ocean grows, it fills my bones,
It turns my screams into soft moans.
No one hears me, no one sees—
I'm drowning in my own disease.

And every day, the tide comes in,
It pulls me under, drags me in.
Until I'm lost, consumed, erased—
A life that's simply been misplaced.

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