I take a deep breath
and plunge
Now I’m in deep with you
We swim around
Blissfully taking each other in
I notice your skin
Wrinkly and pale
I look at you
Asking with my eyes
“How long can we survive like this?”
You look away
And I know we can’t
You open your mouth
I want to scream at you ‘no!’
I swim towards the surface
My lungs screaming for air
But you hold my feet
Pulling me down
I try to kick
It’s no use
Your grip is too strong
I look into your eyes again
You don’t want to be in this alone
So I stop
I open my mouth too
You hold my hand
Pull me close
I close my eyes
Slowly we begin to sink
I realize it then
We’re drowning
Drowning
In our sin