Pulsating between despondent and elated,

somber yet gentle.

Relentlessly fighting for a better life, a happier life.

Pushing me back into a deep desolation.

Drowning in the navy rapids, my life was disappearing,

Like a book coming to a melancholy ending.

Peacefully slipping away from reality.

Lungs are closing, memories are fading, muscles are paralyzed,

body is stiff.

Float up to the light, darling.