Oh! I’m drowning,
It’s so dark down there,
I don’t know how to come out of it;
And I don’t know if someone will ever find me and take me out of it.

My breath is now slower;
The harder I try to scream for help, My voice is getting lower!

Oh! My fears are getting drowned too,
And my eyes can’t see the worries anymore;
I have stopped struggling to come out of it,
I don’t want to take a boat,
That will take me to the shore!

Oh! I’m going deeper now,
My ears can hear the whispers of the dark,
My skin feel covered with scars.

I haven’t felt so heavy and light at the same time,
And If ever you manage to solve the puzzle between these lines,
Then do not let anyone go to a far land, before its time.

Yukti Trivedi