I am fully submerged in water,
And everyone keeps asking if I need help...
Can’t they see?
I can’t speak underwater,
I can’t even breathe.
Their voices reach me like distant echoes,
Muffled and distorted, barely breaking through.

They see the surface, the calm above,
But beneath, I’m lost in the deep, cold blue.
I’m drowning silently, unable to cry out,
The weight of the water pulling me down,
Each breath I try to take fills me with fear,
Yet they stand on the shore, asking if I need a hand.

I flail beneath the surface, my movements frantic,
But to them, it’s just a ripple, a disturbance,
They don’t see the panic in my eyes,
The desperation in my lungs,
They only see what lies above,
A placid reflection of a struggle unseen.

They ask if I’m okay, if I need saving,
But I’m too far gone to give a reply,
My lungs scream for air, my heart pounds in my chest,
Yet all they see is the stillness, not the struggle inside,
They offer lifelines that I can’t reach,
Words of comfort that never penetrate the waves.

I try to call out, but my voice is lost,
Swallowed by the abyss,
My pleas dissolve in the water,
Leaving nothing but silence in their wake,
And I’m left to fight this battle alone,
In the quiet darkness where no one else dares to wade.

Can’t they see?
I can’t speak underwater,
I can’t even breathe,
And the silence is all-consuming,
As I sink deeper into the unseen,
My thoughts grow heavy, my vision blurs,
And I wonder how much longer I can hold on

.They offer lifelines that I can’t grasp,
Their words of concern like distant stars,
Faint and unreachable,
And I’m left to drift in this sea of despair,
Hoping for someone to dive in,
To pull me out of this endless silence.

I am fully submerged,
And all I need is someone to dive in,
To break this endless quiet,
But all they do is ask if I’m okay,
While I drown in words unspoken,
In a battle fought in the deep,
Where no one sees, no one hears,
And I am left to fight alone.