The Sea

Around me is only a darkness

      so cold, so thick
     
      I can hardly breathe

My inner light is engulfed

by the blackness of this sea

      that I am drowning in

I strive to suppress what suppresses me

But the vastness insists

      on keeping me capsized

So I breathe in and

      swallow the sea.

On shore,

      naked, wet, and weak

Waves reach for me

      as blackness seeps out of me

      slides off of me

      leaves me lightless

      and sound asleep.