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All my life water has been weightless. So I did not fear it when I met you on the shore. You insisted it was shallow That the waters touch would be painless Convinced me it was pure. Then you lit A cigarette. Offered one to me Said it made it easier to breathe. Its stale smoke was intoxicating Like your presence, I soaked it up. But it burned in my lungs and suffocated Even the water could not extinguish its flame. Under the water I perceived things more clearly. Your ashen face and broken soul Of your games I had grown weary. But it was too late I felt the waters weight with you Like crimson ribbons the blood from our wounds Intermingled and consumed. I couldn’t drift away from you My screams were silenced in this bottomless depth But your lips never moved. And then I realised You didn’t want to be saved From the moment we met upon the shore You wanted me to feel your pain Once I was inexplicably drawn to you But now I’m struggling to escape your grip. I refuse to drown with you My fingertips are reaching the surface.
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Jan 23, 2016
Jan 23, 2016 at 11:10 AM UTC
You are (drowning) not weightless
All my life water has been weightless. So I did not fear it when I met you on the shore. You insisted it was shallow That the waters touch would be painless Convinced me it was pure. Then you lit A cigarette. Offered one to me Said it made it easier to breathe. Its stale smoke was intoxicating Like your presence, I soaked it up. But it burned in my lungs and suffocated Even the water could not extinguish its flame. Under the water I perceived things more clearly. Your ashen face and broken soul Of your games I had grown weary. But it was too late I felt the waters weight with you Like crimson ribbons the blood from our wounds Intermingled and consumed. I couldn’t drift away from you My screams were silenced in this bottomless depth But your lips never moved. And then I realised You didn’t want to be saved From the moment we met upon the shore You wanted me to feel your pain Once I was inexplicably drawn to you But now I’m struggling to escape your grip. I refuse to drown with you My fingertips are reaching the surface.
#depression#friendship#self-harm#drowning
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thrusunshine
Jan 23, 2016
Jan 23, 2016 at 11:10 AM UTC
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