I tread through lukewarm waters

The quiet swarms around me like a hive of bees

Stinging at every move, leaving blisters no one soothes

The soft waves crash ashore where my body floats 

It hits the rocks, floating for so long it forgot to walk

The rocks knock on my reality 

The threat of treading alone makes the sounds louder

The crows cries tightens a lace around my heart 

Losing thought as a blanket of security pulls tighter

I never wrote on the blank sheet of time

No inspiration, no motivation

I want to float back out into the deep waters

Everything above can be blue

That’s all I see

Everything below I wade farther from

Bring me ashore to the present

Stop me from drowning in the past

There’s no choice but to walk further alone into the unknown

The future calls us all