Ocean depths

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My eyes flicker open to darkness all around me, I am usually not a light sleeper but perhaps suffocation is enough to coax someone from their dreams. I can taste the salt on my cracked lips and I feel the chill of the deep surrounding my sore body.

My hands are bound together making my escape seem irrational. Still I try to bring myself up with my legs. The space above me is so dull that even the smallest hint of light would bring hope to my heart, but I see nothing. I can only feel an absence of oxygen & taste the water slowly seeping in, as I struggle to free myself.

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