A swim

July 3, 2016

In the abyss

a crevice of black

I curl my neck

ready to attack

With inked rapiers

in my claws

I slash and stab

hoping for renewal

Half awake

my sore back sprouts

through the surface

I got it out

My hands return

And I swim

towards the island

of wishful sanity

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