the next move

walk
inching
approaching
the river's edge so inviting
green depths that beckon, calling me under
ponder no more
just go into it
c'mon
dive
sink
become the waters
head on
headstrong
slumber no more
but dissolve

swim
slipping
steal the last precious moments your lungs avail
and drift
smother out the babble
the ruckus solidifies in hearing
the cost of unheard warnings.
warming's the past, now,
become the cold
dissolve
drown
break down

invade
swallowing
liquid reality, so welcoming
seeping in
slipping,
sliding in farther
into darkness
becoming
darkening
heavy limbs thus reject now bygone movement
crystallized,
time fades into slow motion
a memory only,
an illusion of the world that was
dissolve
evolve
erode
become
just a passing thought of a world that was