Drowning

I'm floating in a sea worries
Atop, it seems less frightening
Below, its like a bottomless pit
Neverending and unpredictable

Panic sets in as I start to go under
I struggle to move, but I do not bugde
I can only fight off the onslaught of emotions
As they swarm my mind from all sides

Voices, familiar and not, all echo in the darkness
Their fears and troubles all find a way in
Even though I'm fighting so hard to block them
I am engulfed in thoughts that are not my own
Swallowed by the sea of worries
As I continue to sink further and further from the surface
I open my eyes one last time
I struggle to move again, to reach the surface once more
But its all in vain and I only continue my downward spiral

I close my eyes and hope
That one day I may find the surface once again
To be at peace in mind
That's all I can do for now
As I continue to fade in this sea
As I am smothered by other's worries
As I am suffocating in foreign fears