Self doubt rolled across me as I slowly sank. Wracking breaths seized my body as I analyzed
every unspoken word, every piercing thought.
My perceived inadequacies triggered feelings of worthlessness and vulnerability.
I lowered my body beneath the dark
rolling water and swallowed its murky depths, but did not choke. I’ve decided that it’s time. Time to seize something which was whispered
into the marrow of my bones. The water
does not recede. It roars across my body
in giant waves and I am no longer afraid.
