My Heart is a Sinking Ship

By Scarlett Maikish

I'm breaking down like a broken ship

So far in the water

The tide is high and my spirits low

Deeper and deeper I go

Til there's no clear path

Til there's no escape

Is this what it comes to when your thinking about your fate

Am I too late

The good memories are buried and the bad ones remain

While my heart is shattered in pieces with nothing left to gain

So what is keeping me sane

From my broken windows to all of the nasty scars

What is keeping me in one piece even though I'm apart

My heart is a sinking ship

There's nothing more to it

Than the broken pieces nowhere to be found

Nothing left but the ocean sound

The farther I am in the water

The darker the emptiness feels

Sometimes it gets so dark that my surroundings are no longer surreal

I wonder sometimes if I'm real

If what I'm feeling is real

Is it okay to feel like your drowning

And no one can save you

Is it ok to feel like your heart is pounding

When the situation gets real

Is it okay to stay quiet when it's my turn to talk

Should I stay quiet so that nothing can be brought up about me at all