I have walked out into the sea

And had the waves lap up on me

Higher and more extreme.

The deeper I would go,

They consumed me, and the undertow 

Swallowed me and asked me

To swallow him. I open my mouth

To tell him no, that I can't swim,

When the swerved upsurge churns

And overfills my lungs.

I've drowned, from swallowing the ocean.

-jenn