The further down I go
Unearthing thought after cause after effect after reason
The more black it gets
The longer this takes
The less air I’ve got
The darkness consumes
I’m free falling and there’s no bottom
I’ll finally lose it I’ll turn inside out I’ll howl into nothingness

– An eternal gasp –

Someone grabs my hand and I recoil away, you can’t help me now
But they hold on tight and I feel my fingers are so cold against their warmth
I finally return the grasp (help me!) and grab on
…the roughness of the callouses in their hand, the bend of their knuckles, the strength
of their grip pulls me
shoulders drop, relying on their grasp I let my arms go
Back stretching, breath slowing, sides lengthening, legs reaching
It’s dark,
I can’t
I won’t
what if….
My legs a panicked cycling until I reach one toe out and feel

….. a surface