Oxygen Thief

Breathe.

The thing prevented by an oxygen thief.

They haunt me as they blow out more smoke

Like a suffocating cigarette that causes me to choke

Before I could even recover it leads me to march on a dreadful sea

It draws me close to the cold water and ignites my worries

Because how could you remain firm

When your thoughts haven’t taught you how to swim?

I know that they are too unkind

But I kept on marching as dictated by my mind.

It lured me in like the siren of the seven seas

Little by little it coaxed ounces of sanity to leave me

The murder song in my head is playing

In the sound of evocative thoughts that kept screaming

And the waves crash against my skin like salty punches

Until I barely escape the ocean’s clutches.

Just as I thought I could face this and be brave

The ocean drags me under with a heavy tidal wave

 

 

Deeper and deeper I got submerged

The oxygen thief thought it would be best to have me scourged

I struggle to keep up to the surface to breathe.

I gasp for air as I try to swim with chains now tied to my feet

And the space beneath me is an abyss

That makes letting go seem like a death wish

The air seems scarce as the water filled my lungs.

I need help breathing before I succumb to drowning.

I squirm and yelp and kick and yawp

But my body turns sore as I close my eyes and prepare to drop.

I ponder upon silence while morose engulfs me

This ocean of thoughts is turning into the death of me

 

When I opened my eyes, I see the oxygen thief

He sits there with a mischievous smirk as I reach my last moments

He waltzed with me between the line that separated life and tragedy

And made it seem like I’m the mermaid and he’s the prince.

His presence was immensely terrifying,

he made this mermaid so scared she even feared drowning.

I slowly pass out in his arms for the last time

Sadly, he triumphed with his crime.

And on my final moments he spoke gently,

And said to me “I’m your oxygen thief, call me Anxiety”

 

P.S. You might see this on another blog with the site name “essaysofaficklemind” which also has the same blog title as mine. This poem was submitted on our creative writing class wherein all our works are posted on our own class wordpress accounts. I really like this poem that I submitted so I thought that I should repost it here on my personal blog. Also, the featured photo is not mine and all rights of it goes to its owner.