You want my hand
to help you up
and save you,
but I'm in the deep end
drowning too.
What am I supposed
to do now
when you keep
pushing me down?
You are quick-set concrete
on my feet
creeping up my ankles,
my knees,
my thighs,
my elbows,
my neck,
my eyes
until I disappear.
There is no time
for fear.
Sink or swim,
this is not where I end
and you begin.
This is war.
