Exhale

I watch my breath rise to the surface of the water for what seems like infinity. I have been doing the same thing for hours. Going under the surface of the pool and exhaling slowly. I stay down there until my awful survival instinct brings to to the surface. It takes longer each time.

But it isn't my fault that I am down here, I didn't want to see you hurt, to see you leave.

So, while Caroline and Elizabeth leave to see you, I'll stay in the pool and drown, so I don't have to watch you leave.

Instead I'll be there when you arrive.

Exhale.