I'm living in a tank filled with sharks
A contained living space
with creatures of blood
My body
suspended in the water
dark, blue light filters in
from somewhere far above
I don't need to have my eyes open
to know they are out there
watching me
Every once in a while
one gets too close
to me and my lifeless body
it nudges its head against my floating limbs
reminding me it's there
Today a shark took a bite out of me
my flesh ripped open and I am exposed
What do I do?
If I hit it back, surely it will consume me entirely
and if I don't I will die slowly anyway
You see, here in this tank
there isn't escape
The sharks don't leave
they pack together and hunt me
So I stay here
my hair fanned out and body wieghtless
floating and waiting for something to happen
I wait for the creatures of the tank
to leave me
but I know they will only sink back
into the shaddows
watching and waiting
for the next time they want to take a bite
Apr 12, 2018
Apr 12, 2018 at 10:52 PM UTC
I'm living in a tank filled with sharks
A contained living space
with creatures of blood
My body
suspended in the water
dark, blue light filters in
from somewhere far above
I don't need to have my eyes open
to know they are out there
watching me
Every once in a while
one gets too close
to me and my lifeless body
it nudges its head against my floating limbs
reminding me it's there
Today a shark took a bite out of me
my flesh ripped open and I am exposed
What do I do?
If I hit it back, surely it will consume me entirely
and if I don't I will die slowly anyway
You see, here in this tank
there isn't escape
The sharks don't leave
they pack together and hunt me
So I stay here
my hair fanned out and body wieghtless
floating and waiting for something to happen
I wait for the creatures of the tank
to leave me
but I know they will only sink back
into the shaddows
watching and waiting
for the next time they want to take a bite