Undertow

There's a wave that's growing

I can see it's all my own

Is it pushing? Pulling?

Equilibrium erodes

Darkness foreboding

Never seen but always known

As it all comes rushing in in

The panic grows

As we corrode

In the moment

When our back's against the wall

Where do we go

In the moment

The fear before the fall

We're hollowed out, losing control

Where do we go

From below the unrelenting undertow

This time feels wasted

When it's all in front of me

Close enough to taste it

Far away enough to breathe

So detached and vacant

I'm impermanent and bleak

The wave I've been avoiding envelops me