Like fish in a bag
you can’t just dump em out
you gotta cut a small hole
and let in the tank’s water first
acclimate
adjust
but it’s so hard
when you just want to rush
and even in the tank
you think about being outside it again
cutting your toe nails
and paying that bill
and washing that towel
and calling the person back
that you don’t really want to talk to
but guilt is biting your toe nails
which need to be cut
telling you
that you would want that too
if you were them
even though
when you were them
there was no you
and even when
you get in the tank
and soak it all in
you won’t let yourself
swim
just try
to.