Darkness Poem by Matthew Flores

I’m swimming all along in a pool of darkness
And I feel like darkness is slowly pulling me under
I yell for help but no one is there to hear me
I begin to see the water at eye level

And I kick and flail
Fighting to stay above the darkness
But the darkness won’t let go of its hold on my
And I slowly begin to give in

To the feeling that lies below the water line
The water starts to fill my lungs
The lungs that once held so much life
Yet now they allow the murky water to replace that

I know that this path doesn’t lead to happiness
But why doesn’t someone grab my hand
Pull me from darkness’s grasp?
Because no one knows I stand at the boundary
So I give in to the thing that holds me
All of the strength and all of the courage
That I once held in my heart

Can’t save me from the water
So I slowly slip below the world of conscientiousness
I don’t want to fight anymore
I’ve given into darkness