There's a silence in this solitude.
Yet a calamity in the violent storm that is my thoughts
A violent riptide
drowning me under the weight of the
imagined pressure on my chest
Breathless
I'm falling into a rabbit hole
that is the mind
The thoughts are killing me
Black and white pictures
memories that only I recall
Talks that I have yet to have
People that I love
Those that I don't
Those that I desire
Those that I won't
My thoughts are an endless ocean
And I'm a shipwrecked sailor
Swallowing too much salt water
For these veins to keep pumping blood
And this heart to keep a steady rhythm.
Writing based on suggestions on Tumblr, Twitter, and Facebook posts. This prompt was: Write about feeling trapped and suffocated by your thoughts
