Helplessness

Having not quench my thirst in days

I lay on a beach unable to move

Moments answering death's somber call

It is here that I watch

the waves crash upon the sand

In the distance

I see a man in the ocean

he is clearly drowning

I hear his screams for help,

but I cannot help him

For I am a man dying of thirst

watching another man drown

So I sit there

helplessly listening to the screams

As the vultures form a circle above me

smelling death is the air

And the sharks form a circle around him

smelling blood in the water

Part of me feels sad 

that I cannot help him,

but then again 

we are both moments from death

It is too late for us both

The vultures and sharks know it

and so do we

As I breathe my last breath

The screams finally crease

The vultures and sharks close in

All is silent

as my sight fades

And then there was nothing