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How Deep?
By Gigi Goodwin. 2023.©

How deep are the feelings that keep you submerged longer than you can breathe?
that make you feel like you don’t need to gasp for air
the waves crashing, distant above
you don’t hear them
deprived of oxygen
ignoring your body’s screams to escape to the surface
the pressure crushing
so deep, so heavy
the water is dark down here
and it is black below me
I can’t see my feet
I can’t see my feet
and it is black below me
the water is dark down here
so deep, so heavy
the pressure crushing
ignoring your body’s screams to escape to the surface
deprived of oxygen
you don’t hear them
the waves crashing, distant above
that make you feel like you don’t need to gasp for air
How deep are the feelings that keep you submerged longer than you can breathe?