as the water creeps up

it almost takes me over

i move my legs just enough

to keep me going forward

i try to go fast enough

not turning around to it

it chases faster faster faster

i swim swim swim

it take my limbs

one at a time

until i turn around

it wasn’t just in my mind

i look the monster dead in the eyes

it looks right at

me, the more i run for my life

the more it fights back

i have to stay calm as i see it

i have to understand that i can’t be it

the monster only fights if i swim away

i can’t lose myself to the fear today.