Life Boat
I am a life boat
Floating in a never ending abyss of blackness
Miles upon miles of nothingness
A pitch black darkness
Enough to make somone insane or hallucinate
No paddles or oars to navigate me
This thick black liquid threatens to sink me
Sweat trickles down my back
Ghouls swim by grinning and circling
Ready to attack
Hairline pin like needles poke through
And so begins my descent
I am a life boat
You cling to me to try and get to safety
Each added pound of your suffering
Absorbs into my skin
It's a bitter acid
A kind of quick sand effect
Trying to dry and wither out my soul
So I'm nothing left but a meat suit of somone who froze
I am a life boat
Sinking down into purgatory
My feet already wet and submerged
Desperately looking for a life boat of my own
There is no life raft for the damned nor for the wicked taking rides on the backs of the damned
I am a lifeboat
tethered to the floor of it
Submerging slowly
black water halfway up my calves
Pleading my case to a father whose followers say
Have faith for the pain and suffering is all just a test
As if he's just watching with a broad smile on his face
Waist deep and panicking
dark liquid traveling fast
Starting to think about death and ways my life will end
What kind of butterfly effects will inevitably come next
I am a life boat
Water up to my chest
My heart is a drum
beating a deafening beat against my ligaments
With every inch drenched
These Ghouls laugh knowing my head is coming next
I am a life boat
Water up to my neck
Morose and settling in drawing my conclusions
Accepting fate that there is nothing left
All the while taking light heading breaths
I am a life boat
Sunken to the depths of what seems like an
Infinitely never ending abyss
Miles upon miles of nothingness.
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Written on September 28, 2022
Submitted by jamie_v on October 01, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,836 |
Words | 421 |
Stanzas | 50 |
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