I feel as if
I'm slowly
falling,
drowning
in my thoughts

I can't breathe
and I gasp for air
but words of hatred
suffocate me
and I cant breathe

and I can see everyone around me
and they are breathing
and laughing
with happy faces

I try to grasp onto them
but they all
shake me off,
leaving me behind

and I know
I will never survive
as i fall
slowly,
drowning

{c.m.}