~Liam Bean, Class of 2023

It is as suffocating as waves in the ocean

Dragging you down

Trying to stop you

From gaining progress to the shore

Some are too familiar with this leech

Which sucks away happiness,

Hope,

Love,

Life

From those stuck in its jaw

Some seek it,

Which seems crazy

To the ones who are drowned in it,

Washed in it,

Lost in it

It doesn’t attack anyone, mostly those

Who stand by the edges of the crowd

They are easy targets

To pluck away

Without anyone noticing

Or caring…