sharks

the water is shallow

you saw a big grey shadow

cutting through the ocean

like lightning, like a suicidal thought

you tried to tell yourself

“a dangerous situation is only what you make of it”

so you started treading waters

run as fast as you could

but there’s nothing pushing you back up

you kept drowning, swallowing the sea

trying to make yourself bigger

so you could scare off the monster

only to realize,

the shark was you all along.

so, who are you really running from?

t.l.