Drowning

The waves came in quickly

So unexpectedly

Surrounded me and drowned me

In their icy, blackened grip

They dragged me down within them

Way beyond the light

Leaving me to wonder

Is it even worth the fight

The effort it would take

To attempt to swim again

Is Herculean in its task

And I’m not sure I have the strength

I’ve been swimming so long

Exhausted body, mind, and soul

Perhaps to sink

Would mean a kind of victory

A choice to fail

Is a success

From a certain point of view

To let the waves just take me

Rock me in their arms

Embrace me, lull me, cradle me

Into oblivion