Blind. Eyes bolted shut with the fleshy folds that encompas them. I tried to open them once before,

only to be greated with an all encompassing biting sting. Lemon juice in a fresh cut: “If it hurts that means it’s working”.

Suffocated, I descended further into the abyss. At first l fought against this aquatic fate; Kicking, screaming with what little air I had left. But I became calm with time -...