They will try to drown you
unknowing that it was you who formed the very ocean
of which they pour over your screaming mouth.

They will try to silence you
stuff your mouth with salt
as if you hadn't long been immune to the taste of your own tears.

They will try to hide you away
but the darkness of great depths has always been your friend
has been your safe space.

A falling star, they say, surely doesn't know how to swim
unknowing that the sky was never your home in the first place.