Reality

Reality?

Can you quell the rising fears within me?
I’m too afraid of being alone,
When the darkness isn’t comforting
But suffocating.
When my poetry won’t flow
And my thoughts are stymied,
When jeering faces dance within my mind
Knowing I’ll never get it right.

Can you reach me?
It feels like I’m so far under water
Breathing through a microscope,
Watching the bubbles blow in and out of my lungs.
I yell for you but get only waves,
My legs tire and I drift down
Towards a watery grave.

Can you save me?
I’m waiting for someone to find me
Wipe the pain away,
To ease my troubled mind.
Are you the one
Or am I just dreaming again?
Make me certain that you need me,
Make me feel real.