You were scarred

this familiar feeling

your heart, charred

You were afraid

nowhere to go

counting the days

You were a fool

searching for a reason

you learned life’s cruel

You were drowning

reaching out a hand

people were surrounding

Deep breaths, please,

deep breaths, they’d say,

but nobody reached out

nobody gave you a way

Silence became your friend

it stayed with you until the end

deep breaths, you breathed,

the more the water seethed

Maybe it’s better to give up

hold your breath, test your luck

with drowning there is no guidance,

deep breaths take up far more space

than silence