Maybe this time you can stay afloat,

Drifting along the void,

Feeling the sweet nothingness

You reach for your lifeline

but they never returned your call

Setting you adrift over the dark sea

Maybe this time you can just float along

In your tiny boat made of false hope

Not be entranced by the opac waters beneath

You can sense the tendrils of hopelessness and self doubt searching for you

Waiting to pull you under,

Enticing you with the reflection of pearls

You don't notice above you

because you're looking down

because that's where you "know" you belong

The void is calm,

The void feels no pain, no betrayal, no self doubt

People always say push through the numb feeling

But do they know what waits beyond?

The stinging jellyfish of betrayal,

The choking tentacles of self hate,

The penetrating darkness of paranoia

No one comes back from the darkness

Not without a lifeline

And yours never returned your call