I’m drowning
This ocean of despair thrashing me The impassioned sea around me Churning My emotional oxygen almost out. I don’t even struggle anymore The light fades as I sink deeper It’s quiet now, black as the universe Silence that is deafening Circumstantial relationships have left me Bereft I won’t apologize for my faults But I am truly sorry that I have failed Orphaned and alone I live; I die Like walking the high wire While the bleachers are empty To see the view, just once Then unskilled Plummeting No memories flash No moments stand out Fractured The purest red behind my lids I calmly watch the flood A thrumming in my ears Then only darkness Just a carcass remaining But what becomes of the unclaimed soul Imperfectly driven to fly Transient on this Earth But inconsequentially intensified? An authentic solipsism In confusion always lies Insufficiency All hope is now denied.
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Julie WestphalAuthor, Poet, Dreamer Archives
February 2024
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