Nothing waters

She swam in rivers of nothing
And swallowed her own breath
She hoped that staying down long enough
Would help her to forget
No one knew this was her special place
She kept it to herself
She feared more judgement
From everybody else

She swam against the tide
Until she grew too weak to fight
Then she drifted with the waves
The only time she cried
She was just a speck of the world
She belonged to the wind
No one knew her pains
She kept them deep within
She would never survive carrying the weight
She let them sink before it was too late
She shared her sorrow with the water
She was on the brink
She swam in rivers of nothing
And struggled not to sink