Adrift

I backed away

Not knowing how to stay

I never needed to moor myself to the dock

We all strayed

Adrift in the current

But now I find that it is different in these waters

I drift farther and farther away from you

Wanting

To row my way back

But the tides of my fear push back

Only cementing what I wish to never happen

Pouring out like molten fire

Screaming as it strikes the cold water trapping me in stone

Can I break?

Can I find my way out?

Am I stuck here?

There is no hope.

I see that you are still drifting farther and farther away

I struggle and reach out with my hands

I finally make my way out of self-imposed chains

You couldn't be too far

I scan the seas

But I see nothing adrift in the deep dark waters

You are gone