sinking further and further down
into the aqueous depths
the water slowly but confidently filling up the lungs
the body has no way to breathe
it's suffocating itself

looks peaceful from above the calm waters
but the violence of the illusion is beneath the waves

they can never see how I am suffering
because they just see me at face value
they don't try and uncover these waters
their eyes are too oblivious to see these struggles
fake a smile and no questions are ever asked

I try to escape upwards
instead I sink further downwards
it's that thing called gravity
the thing that draws me back to you time and time again
the thing that now pulls me down
unto the depths of the ocean
unto the lowest point of the earth.

it's drowning in a sea of emotion
I know now I should have taken more caution