the water’s rising,
and there's nowhere
left to run
an emotional tidal
wave that destroys
everything it touches,
and I’m trying to
make it out alive.
but I’m tethered
to the past, and
it’s holding me down
again this time.
head above water,
it feels like I'm digging
my own grave
swept out, at last,
and lost in the tide.
the walls have come
down, and I'm
fighting to
swim my way
out, trying to survive.
no one left to love,
no one left to trust,
just swept up in the
flood of heartbreak and pain,
that always self-destructs.
Oct 17, 2023
Oct 17, 2023 at 4:06 AM UTC
the water’s rising,
and there's nowhere
left to run
an emotional tidal
wave that destroys
everything it touches,
and I’m trying to
make it out alive.
but I’m tethered
to the past, and
it’s holding me down
again this time.
head above water,
it feels like I'm digging
my own grave
swept out, at last,
and lost in the tide.
the walls have come
down, and I'm
fighting to
swim my way
out, trying to survive.
no one left to love,
no one left to trust,
just swept up in the
flood of heartbreak and pain,
that always self-destructs.
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