Parched Sea Poem by wardha jawdat

my wishes i have packed
and stowed away in a chest
my dreams i recognize not
nor they identify with me
when did it all change
so completely
so silently..
is it always this cruel
this drought of passion
this desert of apathy..
creeping into my sentience
even as i sleep
with eyes wide open
and breathing...ennui..
is it my dreams that i miss
or is it that i miss me
...
the person i used to be
the soul within this sheath
the pulse that whispers
within banks it once upheaved
is it not me..
i'm looking for
is it not me i've lost at sea
water...water...it's everywhere
yet none i have
to flood this captive free......