Submerge

each night i collect thoughts.
thoughts that embrace my mind and have
a way of holding me down;
i drown myself in those thoughts, because
that's all my mind will allow me to do
before closing my eyes shut.
it's a dangerous thing, to submerge yourself in countless
thoughts, risking never fully returning back to reality.
i don't want to drown myself anymore, instead i want to emerge,
and leave those
fickle thoughts in the deep.
to wake up and take a deep tender breath,
and let it all go.
i collected thoughts; now i just let them fade away
like writing on sand.