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Drowning Under Pressure
December 19, 2019
Submerged
Total Blackness
liquid walls so frigid
frosted together, crystalized
Above
A burning mass of rock
With visions of people
Yelling “Why are you here”
Barely visible through distorting water
struggling
Pushing to get above
The ceiling waves form
Like an anchor
The ball of fire hurls towards the ground
A plummeting mass of people’s expectations
sinking
flesh rips
Tumbling through jagged rocks
The Current
Pushing away any free will of movement
Disintegrate
Emerge
Through the small cut in the bubbling surface
Bask in Sunshine
Breathe in
Breathe out
© Carl N., Little Rock, AR
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