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Thin Ice or Shallow Water?

I stand here and say to myself,
breathe.
One, two, three, four.
Inhale.
One, two, three, four.
Exhale.
Heart beats.
One two, one two, one two.
Calm.

Step by step, I'll inch across this,
Thin ice.
Not too fast, but not too slow,
Don't want to crack.
Breathe, one step, breathe two step.
Calm.

Then I hear a deafening crack,
The ice disappears.
I'm left in shallow water.
Enough of it to have that drowning sensation,
But not enough to lose myself.

Panic.

-kMb. [Kayla Michelle Berkey.]
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