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Water is lapping between your chin and neck, each wave colliding to the beat of your heart...
Continue the story. You may wish to continue in the second-person perspective but you do not have to.
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Water is lapping
between your
chin and neck,
each wave colliding
with the beat
of your heart
You’ve been
treading water
in a whirlpool,
and the clouds
are getting dark
So take a rest
you did
your best,
tomorrow
you’ll have a
fresh start
Remember
There’s no shame
in giving in,
things come
together
when they
fall apart...
There’s salt water in your mouth, the blood in the veins of the earth. You want to scream and signal for help, then think about how easy it would be just to sink.
How many people have seen a watery fate? Plenty of drunk sailors or unprepared beach goers you presume. Water is fickle, life giving and life taking.
Your legs work overtime to keep your head above the waves, white tipped and sharp l...
Water laps between his chin and neck, each wave colliding to the beat of his heart. The tide was definitely rising. Jay spat out a mouthful of salt water, gasping for air between each wave of the roiling sea.
He tries again to pull his foot free of the rock. It doesn't move and he only succeeds in digging sharp rock into his leg. Jay grits his teeth and pulls, hard. White hot pain tears up his an...
Water is lapping between my chin and neck, each wave colliding to the beat of my heart. Moving at a thunderous pace, overwhelming me. I look around. My eyes could not discern anything the night masking every and anything. I never realized how dark the night is before, the city lights always brightening the sky. Never actually pitch black. But as I feel the cold water lapping up my body, waiting fo...
She shoves me into the water plunging me deeper and deeper. I flap my arms and legs desperately but nothing seems to help. My mouth is able to escape for small breaths as I am plunged back in. The water is icy could which makes it hard for me to think straight. Finally I regain the surface and and gasp quickly.
“What was that!” I scream at Clara.
“It was an accident!” She teased
...
Water is lapping between your chin and neck, each wave colliding to the beat of your heart. The stars overhead glisten, the moon's distorted reflection sparkling off the surface.
He's laughing nearby, shaking his hair out like a dog's coat. Your eyes lock, and the laughter slowly fades from his eyes, morphing into something deeper.
He reaches towards you, slowly, carefully, giving you time to ...
Water is lapping between your chin and neck, each wave colliding to the beat of your heart.
You belated realised you were shivering, still you wonder if it's because of the coldness of the see water, or due to what you were planning to do.
How long till they notice? You wondered How long until anyone realise that you are not among them anymore, listening to every word but not contributing any?
...
The water lapped between my chin and neck, each little wave colliding to the beat of my heart. The panic rose with each one. I tried to swallow it down but couldn’t.
Even though I knew it was useless, I still attempted to move my arms. They didn’t move. Sikitsha had unfortunately made the special chains too well.
“Begin Test #134.” Sikitsha's voice boomed from the speakers.
My jaw twitched as ...
Water lapped between Callie’s chin and neck, each wave colliding to the beat of her heart. Cold wetness splashed over her head. Callie woke up coughing from her imaginary drowning.
Stumbling to her tiny apartment’s bathroom, Callie splashed her face with water. She leaned on the porcelain sink. Her heart slowed as she dried her face in the mirror.
Over the pink plush towel, Callie studied the ...
My limbs were turning into lead. I wanted to stop but couldn’t if I didn’t want to drown. I didn’t even know how long I had been in the water, let alone been treading water. I was terrified my limbs would stop listening to my brain and just stop working and I would sink to the bottom of the ocean that I couldn’t see when I looked down. I looked around for something, anything to hold onto so I didn...
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