Every moment you wake up
you begin to feel the need to silence
the waves crashing inside your chest,
slowly,
slowly,
the weight invites you into a
bottomless mayhem you may never
get out of,
if you let it.

But dear, do not mistake those waves
for armies of the ocean that you have loved.
Let yourself become something more
than someone dwelling on the verge
of burning pits—
let yourself breathe the tides
that weren't built
to suffocate.