I don't even know how to swim By aldo kraas, www.PoetryPoem.com/poet11586 Unlock all Features - Upgrade to Poetry Prime
It's kind of like
I'm drowning again
and this time there's no one to bring me back to land
And I know everyone tells me to just ask for help but I'm trying
and it's like they 're all trying not to listen
I'm kicking my legs and trying to keep my head up so I can breathe
but the loneliness is filling my lungs.
I'm trying to scream but no sound comes out
and everything I can;t say is burning my throat.
My ribs are aching, like the pressure of everything is breaking them.
My choices are making tears blur my vision.
The truth is pulling me under,
the salt is burning my eyes.
The harder I try to keep it together,
the deeper I sink.
At night, I don't fight the ocean.
I let the current jerk me back and forth between dreams and memories while I sleep.
The screech of my alarm shoots me toward the surface so I can start kicking again.
I'm just treading water now,
I don't even know how to swim.
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