10/11/2023

I increase the pace

Until the pounding in my chest makes sense

Hoping the endorphins drown out the noise

I want to be louder

I need to be

I find the numbness

I recognize it as it enters through my feet

There isn't relief here

But there's gratitude as I gasp for air

For someone with so much experience with drowning

You'd think I'd learn to swim...