Tiger Feathers

Drowning

Do you know

What it feels like

To drown?

To be suffocated by

Nothing but

The shadows in

Your mind and

The demons in

Your heart?

To be crushed by

The weight

Of worry and

Stress and

Responsibility that

You're too weak, too

Young, to shoulder

Alone?

You feel as if

You are slowly

Dying; sinking

A bit more

Into the wide

Sea we call

Insanity

Each day

You sit there

Helpless, as

Wave after

Wave after

Wave comes

Crashing down

On you, pressing

You deeper into

The ocean until

Your lungs scream

For breath and

Your mind screams

For death

But you

Can't die

No matter

How much

You cry for

It's sweet, sweet

Release from this

madness, and

So you just

Keep going like

This, on

And on

Forever waiting

For something that

Will never come