Beneath the frenzy
Of desperate kin
I am diminished
Depleted and lost

I watch them dash
For a swift resolve
To mend my innards
The hemorrhage unseen

Within the mists
Is firm strangulation
My slow withering
That sets me adrift

I’ll leave kin to panic
To dive further within
In fervent search
For the slow drain I harbor

Softly I wither
Unwilling to press on
Taking to the waves
That sprawl on
Eternally