Underwater

Underwater, carried away from shore

Float off my feet, whipping back and forth

Forever adrift

Felt it stinging, washed up against me

Tide turns quickly, slipping back a mile

I’m losing the fight

Will a wave sink me to the bottom, dazed and unstable

When I wind up giving in to the current, lost and labored

Never learned to stay tethered in place

Cause I don’t know how to take it

Always in motion

Away from feeling something

Afraid of exposing myself to be someone else