How wonderful it feels
To fall back
Into the hands
Of the water below.
Unlike everyone else
Water envelops you,
Surrounds you.
Makes you feel light,
Weightless.
Falling downwards,
The only direction
You’ve ever known.
Your hair moves around you like
Seaweed on the ocean floor.
Swaying,
Moving,
Always stationed.
Bubbles that once
Had a home inside your lungs
Escape freely into the water.
And climb up higher
To the safety of the surface.
“This is what is left
Of my existence.
Little bubbles floating up,
Higher and higher,
While I sink,
Lower and lower”
And as you feel
The last bubble,
The last of your air,
Flow out of yo
You told me “friends forever”,
More like ‘friends for now’,
As your sweet promises
Were just lies I allowed.
You said “we are best friends”,
More like ‘friends at best’,
As your solid affirmations
Were all digressed.
You told me “I need you”
More like ‘you need me’
As your statements
Were my last plea.
Why did you go?
Why did you leave?
I’m left here all alone
Trying, in us, to believe.