While I Go Under

“I am the flood that fills the lungs; longing for what is not mine until I choke. I cannot rise, for I drink only the waters of another’s life.” Dragged down by waves I can’t escape Somewhere down there I suffocate. Currents coil around my skin, Foul hands pull me deeper in. Salt collects behind my eyes, waves erase the tears I hide. I see you flying higher, while I’m swallowed whole below. Your light bends through the water, disappears before it shows. Why do you rise while I go under? Why do you rise while I go under? Salt becomes the words I speak, broken lines that taste of need. Every meaning slips away, leaving nothing left to say. Envy pulling at my skin, drowning from the pain within. I see you breathing freely, while the current drags me down. Your silence floods around me, and it leaves me here to drown. Why do you rise while I go under? Why do you rise while I go under? Salt tides break in endless waves, severed breath dissolves away. Hands unbound to reach the air, I sink down, you’re never there. Why do you rise while I go under? (while I go under…) Why do you rise while I go under? (while I go under…) Why do you rise while I go under? (while I go under…) Why do you rise while I go under? (while I go under…) Why do you rise while I go under? (while I go under…)