hypervigilance is ever-salt
a siren
grabbing your ankle quietly
singing unsoothing lullabies
loud, right in your tender ear
pulling, out like baby teeth—
one by one
dragging you into deep blue
eyes black as she smiles sharp
pain when fear pours searing
into your lungs salty
so very salty
as you drown in the brine
later, much later
you’re made of ever-salt fully
floating, not dead
still buried
in the dark wet gripped
by your ankle-mind tightly
until you see her face murky
you squint
you gasp
you choke
on the entire ocean because
all this time?
the siren is you
Oct 23, 2025
Oct 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM UTC
hypervigilance is ever-salt
a siren
grabbing your ankle quietly
singing unsoothing lullabies
loud, right in your tender ear
pulling, out like baby teeth—
one by one
dragging you into deep blue
eyes black as she smiles sharp
pain when fear pours searing
into your lungs salty
so very salty
as you drown in the brine
later, much later
you’re made of ever-salt fully
floating, not dead
still buried
in the dark wet gripped
by your ankle-mind tightly
until you see her face murky
you squint
you gasp
you choke
on the entire ocean because
all this time?
the siren is you
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