i can see you sinking
but i'm
trapped
behind this glass

i watch you
drift
fighting at first,
then
deathly still
you sink
into the depths

i'm sorry every day,
greedy for one more time
to be as one

eternally damning myself

pounding until my hands bled
wasn't enough
to break through

sinking is what i knew best,
a lesson
i wish
you never learned.

NB @ 1:16 PM

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