Suspended in Time

Deep feelings, swelling like a crashing wave

Silent as they rise, rushing in like a quiet force

Only to consume everything in its path

Striking the shore, a sudden scramble to find the floor

To find the sand under your feet

Blue sky turning into the blue depths

Up is down and the ocean is the sky

Or is it the other way around

Everything in slow motion, pressure building in my head

Sounds around me become muddled

As the current whips me around

Knotting my hair and knocking my knees

Drowning all too quickly, never prepared for the wave

The sky, undulated under the sea

Reaching to break the surface, thoughts racing in my head

Reaching to break the wave, heart pounding in my chest

Finally able to take a breathe, salt water on my lips

Burning my eyes; are they tears or just sea water

Maybe I'll never tell

Muscles aching, pulsing yet numb

Floating on the surface, suspended in time

Wondering when the wave will come again

Or this time, will it carry me back to the shore

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