Today Memories are tied to me Like weights Pulling me deeper Blocks of Lead Sinking Darkness encroaching As I’m pulled Further under Today water Burns my lungs Every breath - pain Pressure I cough but Can’t expel the sensation Today I want to Stop Fighting Today I want To be one With the water Today I wish To be lost forever On the ocean floor Today I feel like dying Today I think I won’t survive But There have been many todays And tomorrow might bring A raft