Hold Your Breath

The water feels so heavy
On our already crushed bodies.
It rushes in,
Gushing out of a pipe of misery.
I feel choked; I cannot breathe.
It's all becoming too much.
Everything changed for us,
And now we are being dragged under.
We struggle to climb up,
Only to get pushed further down
By the flow.
Gushing, flowing water.
Smothering us.
The sun has already disappeared
Above the surface.
And we're going further down.
Hold your breath, darling.
We may be down for the count.