Deluged by waters, unstill,
yet, still running so deeply,
I begin to allow them
to be my submerging.
I care not, if the depths
overtake me.
I care not,
if they be my drowning-out
of the pain which threatens
to flood.
These tears are no match
for thoughts of brighter horizons,
for the waters have overflowed,
muddying my banks
and saturating my soul.
They wring me till I'm arid
in a sandstorm of emotion.
They empty this vessel,
leaving the bone-dry sensation
of barren desert mirages
flickering through my desolate spirit.
My eyes are depleted sockets,
void of moisture now,
staring out into this vastness
that is abandoned emptiness.
This consuming pain has become
my un-doing.
This hollowness has become
the echo of every noiseless droplet.
These tears have become
my only recourse of any consolation.
Let them drag me under.