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Poetry

Castaway

Giselle Valdes 

Gazing over an enticing abysm 
My feet, submerged in quartz of crystals
You, undisturbed by my inertia 
Your apathy caught in motion

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My hands splashed, my body sank
My energy faded by the second,
But I still couldn’t reach you.
I know you heard me screaming … Save me!

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You never looked back, and I kept 
Losing myself, clogging my chords
Smelling death
Invaded by unscrupulous water 

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My jewelry battered by inevitable corrosion 
My flesh, degraded by voracious bacteria 
And my spirit consumed by an infinite silence 
Not the sound of waves, but rather that of oblivion 

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The unknown terrified my shattered loneliness 
Amused and depressed
Mesmerized by chromatic creatures 
Contrasted with heart-breaking darkness and depth 

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I gave up
It was too late 
Revealed as a corpse, 
A hopeless castaway  

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