Beneath

I am suffocating
slowly
by this black void
that has imagined me-
the only thing I see
are your eyes I'm trapped beneath.

I am floating
in my head,
in confusion of all of this,
of your hand
sliding down my face,
down my neck,
down,
down,
down...
...I whimper, I cry-
my saltwater hopes
leave my eyes.

(I try to shout,
I try to pray,
I tell my soul to fly away)

But my soul is caught
inside me,
my breath is running low,
my strength is weakened
until I
cannot struggle
for control.

You forcefully
submit me
to such a deeper, darker
pain-
ripping through
my skin,
my heart,
my soul...
burning throughout
my body
(cry, my head is throbbing...),
and you smother me-
my lungs,
my hopes,
my dreams...

...until I wake,
so cold,
grasping for the warmth
that I believe in...
searching for an answer
as to why
my sun was set.