Bobbing my headThen disappearing underneath the wave…again
Resurfacing spluttering
Daunted now
I feel myself drowning
I must remove this burden
“Please’ I cry
The albatross
My living nightmare
The weight nailed to me
Crucified
Torn fingers fruitlessly trying to rip it from its moor
Salt burns the wounds
Strength ebbs like the receding tide
One last fight
Losing battle for self-preservation
Oblivious to pain now
Numbed senses
Fading hope is my respiration
Another wave sends me to the depths
Turbid water disorient me
The weight drags me with the current
pulling me deeper and deeper into its tow
Feet touch a grainy bottom
Lungs bursting
I push off
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