Change sweeps in
like the tide
consuming me,
altering me.
Once it has me,
I find myself drifting into the sea,
the endless depths,
the roaring ocean,
where there is not ever silence.
Does it harm me?
I cannot know because
the deed is done before I know.
I am frightened,
for I am not who I once was.
This fear drags me down,
further down into the abyss.
Beyond the reach of life,
where the fish cannot swim,
where light cannot reach.
I cannot swim up,
for the chain that binds me
is my own.
