The Swell

I closed my eyes. My breathing slowed. Every second seemed like eternity.

Inside me, a swell that miraculously and cleverly covered itself during the day appeared - to my dispose. I looked at it and pulled it nearer. My eyes were still closed.

I whispered to it... words I've never been able to mouth, songs I've never been able to vocalize...

The swell diminished from sight; I was pulled into another realm.

Of anguish. Of deeper remorse. Of eternal fear.