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Drowning | Sneha Srikanth

If I could

I would nail these hands to the clouds and sacrifice myself to the sky

Hoping to resurrect as someone spiteful enough to not care about you

I’ve seen how you can be

Right next to me

But also a thousand miles away

I’ve seen the way that the space between two people can be measured by the

Number of times they look at each other


But with you I see nothing

You take until I have nothing left

And then you hold a grudge against my hands for being empty

The worst part being

I held you for the longest time

The way a boat holds water

I should have left when I felt us sinking

Now my only fear is that I will drown


A fear acting as a catalyst

For the resentment I feel

For your spite and hatred

That were the substrates of mine

A fear so denaturing

The most courageous parts of me couldn’t bear

But what is courage

If not fear that has said its prayers?

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