Down to the Shore We Go by Kimberly Seodarsan (17, New York)

seaweed around my ankles
dragging me   
                   down 
                            down 
                                     down. 
bubbles of my voice fading 
like the light from above. 
blackened soul to
blackened eyes. ​

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nothingness becomes      limitless. 
becomes blinding, 
burning retinas.  
fanning internal flame. 
a monsoon of passion washing over

engulfing 

trying to whisk away 
trying to enter lips. 

there it is. 
my happiness    my love     my peace 
on the sand. 
after gifting another chance at life. 

after vanquishing a cruel fate. 
they didn't stay. 
into the water they dove. 

i blinked           POOF 
a sea of cotton swallowing me 
my place of solace a home 
for broken dreams.  

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