Fractured
Behind his lids, visions rose unbidden: great whales circling endlessly, blind and weeping; schools of fish slamming themselves against rocks in frantic confusion; the leviathans ramming trench walls, desperate to escape what could not be escaped.
The pain rose in his throat, choked him. He pressed his fist against his lips, holding the cry inside.
He wanted to wade back in. To dive. To return to them.
But he knew the truth: there was no solace in submersion.
The water no longer soothed. It only screamed louder.
He was no longer its master. He was its witness.
And if he drowned now, he would drown as the sea did, leaving none to speak for it.
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