all I did was fall.

all i did was fall on my knees.

the weight of everything

pushed me down 

quiet at first,

then all at once.

the world around me

felt hollow,

like i couldn’t even breathe.

no one saw me drowning

on dry land.

no one noticed

the storm in my lungs.

i didn’t want to scream.

i wanted to cry 

not for help,

just to let it out.

cry to the moon,

to the wind,

to the world that never answers.

i yelled,

but my voice came back

like a ghost 

an echo too faint to hold.

and that’s when i realised:

i was yelling at the ocean,

expecting it to care.

but the ocean was empty.

just like everything else.

so i stayed there,

on my knees.

because sometimes,

that’s all you can do

when silence is the only one listening