Deep

And the waters are here again 

Without warning comes the flood

And the air is gone again 

And the depths burn my lungs

This is a metaphor 

This is a way for me to speak

About the pressure again

Crushingly me so slowly

The lights have all gone out

It is so cold 

Alone here in the dark

No hand to hold

Not that I would take one

All else drowns and pride endures

It shifts towards apathy 

And a suicidal urge 

Please don't read in too deep

You wouldn't want to drown

Stay in the shallow side

Practice going round and round

Don't look too closely 

At the cracks beneath the smile

Float now on your back 

And watch the sky for a while

While I will dive deeper

The flood is here may as well go

Submerge my gasping thoughts

Submit unto the dark and the cold

Please don't read into deep

I wouldn't want to drag you down 

Paddle in your pool 

Don't look where I can be found 

The world is quiet here 

In the darkness of the trench

The world begins to fade 

And I am gasping my last breath 

Please don't read in too deep

It's all okay, really, you'll see 

Go find your floaties and your friends 

Just let me sink and let me be