Suffocating

The room is closing in, the walls begin to sway, Every breath I take feels a million miles away. Shadows creeping closer, whispers in my ear, I'm fighting with the silence, but it only draws me near. I try to find the words, but they're locked inside my throat, Reaching for the surface, but I'm sinking like a stone. I feel a tightness in my chest, My body going numb. Am I suffocating? Will the darkness overrun? I feel the weight that I can't lift, The air that doesn't come. Am I suffocating? Or is the battle just begun? A flicker of a light, it's dancing through the haze, But every time I reach, it slips further from my gaze. I'm tethered to the anchor of the storms I left behind, A prisoner of memories I cannot seem to find. I'm screaming in the silence, my hands against the glass, The clock is counting down, but the seconds never pass. I feel a tightness in my chest, My body going numb. Am I suffocating? Will the darkness overrun? I feel the weight that I can't lift, The air that doesn't come. Am I suffocating? Or is the battle just begun? I hear a distant echo, a voice I used to know, It's calling from the shadows, saying I'm not alone. If I could break the chains, if I could find the door, Would I rise above the waves or be lost forevermore? I feel a tightness in my chest, My body going numb. Am I suffocating? Will the darkness overrun? I feel the weight that I can't lift, The air that doesn't come. Am I suffocating? Or is the battle just begun? The room begins to steady, the walls start to align, A spark ignites within me, it's the flicker of a sign. I'm learning how to breathe, though the scars may never fade, I'm suffocating, but I'll rise another day.